Gray Tribe

Moving from downtown SF to a suburb of SF does not count as "leaving San Francisco".

You're still using the same airport. You're still able to have in-person meetings with the same people. Travel time from SF downtown to your new place is significantly less than between two opposite ends of Beijing or Seoul.

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I think covid continues to be more dangerous than other diseases (eg. cold, flu), and it's wise to continue to be a step more careful with air hygiene than you were in the past. At least sometimes wear N95+ masks in crowded indoor places, make sure to have good ventilation, try not to spread viruses when sick, etc.

One interesting criterion to judge people by is: if US politics goes to hell, and in 2034 the US invades Mexico and starts bombing Tijuana, will they be (i) actively fighting against it, (ii) half-heartedly yelling on social media, (iii) quiet, or (iv) cheering it on? How do your social media influencer heroes rank?

Some level of government involvement in healthcare to ensure that all people, especially low-income people and people with exceptional conditions, have access to healthcare, is probably a good idea.

Startups have pathological incentives for many kinds of projects. Most notably, there is an incentive to grab a monopolistic position and make other people dependent on you, which is harmful for resilience, limits collaboration, and negatively affects many other goals.

Lots of people who proudly and loudly yell about being opposed to current elites, are actually narcissists who want to become the elites themselves (and realistically, are elites already).

"Gray" is an awful name for a tribe.

It just fits too perfectly into the hollywood supervillain memeplex.

"Recently, a powerful new billionaire-backed sect has been gaining power and impose their dark vision on the world... they call themselves The Gray Tribe"

It's actually true that getting out of SF and spending lots of time in at least one other country (Canada and Europe don't count) gives you a better perspective on all kinds of important cultural, social, etc issues.