Venkatesh Rao ☀️
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List of high-net-worth people on holy wars with varying quixotic factor (QF) levels Musk: "Woke mind disease" (QF: 5/10) Pmarca: Pessimism (QF: 7/10) Ackman: Higher education (QF: 5/10) Thiel: Democracy (QF: 7/10) Balaji: Nation states (QF: 6/10) Bryan Johnson: Death (QF: 9/10) Who am I missing?
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Rabois: San Francisco
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Or Garry Tan, not SF itself but the local govt
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nvm i think these wars are not holy enough, all the themes in original cast are a bit more broader/civilization-scale
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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
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No, I think you're right. They're holy enough. Just localized. NIMBY v. YIMBY is a holy war wrapped around a financial war, but that's true of all holy wars. The last crusade diverted from jerusalem to go sack constantinople after all... just because a war is holy doesn't mean you can't profiteer off it
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