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Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 18m

I have seen this Justin Wolfers guy held up as an example of a good, smart economist and I am happy to have been proved right that no such person exists

Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 21m

My students who use it as a substitute for thinking agree with you bro

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 1h

There are basically only two positions in the debate about AI.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.

Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.

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Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 6d

"Their fans are so passionate" they're assholes, go Titans

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Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 6d

Eagles suck lol. I'm equally excited for everyone to turn on the Bills

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Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 11d

the Tennessee Titans are historically bad. I would be absolutely stunned if they win a single game all year

Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 11d

It brings me no pleasure to report that the Eagles got hosed

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Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 13d

I’m going to self-moderate some beers into my mouth later

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Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 13d

You’ve gotta be excited for horses to come back though

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Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 14d

I guess if that happened I could quit my job and move back to TN to help out. This would probably cause my wife to divorce me. Sounds like a fun choice to make. America is the best.

Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 14d

Not, like, an inheritance thing (I am not getting one of those lol). But one parent could take care of themselves and the other one could not and would require a caretaker that we cannot afford. Cool thoughts to have.

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Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 14d

I wonder if people in other societies have ever wanted one parent to die before the other for financial reasons

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Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 16d

The final score of Tennessee-Arkansas is going to be something cursed like 57-26, and I’d believe either team as the winner

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Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 16d

Yeah I bet it’s not, dork

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Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 17d

Training an LLM to fuck my wife

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Lee @enveloping.bsky.social · 20d

First song on first album: “We Die Young,” about doing intravenous drugs and all of your friends dying of same, with one of the sickest riffs of the ‘90s. And then they did exactly that

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