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Vitalik Buterin

Fascinating take on why public intellectuals have short shelf lives: https://scholars-stage.org/public-intellectuals-have-short-shelf-lives-but-why/

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This is a big part of why I intentionally try to keep "doing foot-soldier things" (notably, coding, and exploring the world regular-person-style rather than entourage-and-limousine-style)

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reminds me of singer songwriters experiencing success and losing touch with relatable problems. hip hop bravado and bragging scales better

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This is why we need prediction markets -- to extend the shelf lives of the good predictors, and shorten those of the Friedman's of the world. (It's also why we need a low-fee version of Augur)

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This was an interesting read, and had a sentiment that I think is well placed. It is to some degree at odds, with my experience within the agricultural industry, where some of our leading minds continued to create new insights into their advanced age. Historically or more recently. I think in some part because...

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slow down with the casts v pls don’t do this to us

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I have two opinions 1) Attention is truly the one thing humans crave. But once you get too much of it the expectations fly through the roof. IMHO, this also has a big effect on public figures overall 2) I think with everything, as we grow more experienced and feel like we peaked. We are not willing to learn more.

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Agreed, becoming mainstream can stifle innovation but I don’t think the solution is to resign ourselves to a 'natural cycle' of decline. Also disagree with the 'peak age' notion. I think being open and fostering a growth mindset is the key and with longevity science advancing, our brain's potential is far from fixed.

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Firstly, insightful article. Secondly, what is the most important intellectual problem you’ve decided you can help solve?

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I guess I’m on the shelf then 😂

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For me Carl Sagan is an example of a public intellectual who has a very long shelf life in some very important ways and then sadly far too short in others.

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@confectionglass

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Hey, @vitalik.eth do you have a question? Do you only post here? Or do you use /yup to post on all platforms at once?

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@joselcaminante

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Smart people get drowned out by trolls and idiots. It is what it is 🤷‍♂️

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Good read. I think their theory of brain cell loss is plausible, but I feel like there's more to it than that. Each brain is different in it's capabilities and engaging in certain activities can preserve that creative/fluid thinking (meditation, art, learning new things, etc). >>

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Srisht Fateh Singh

Are you real Vitalik? Coz you are not that active on X.

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