Gray Tribe

Gray Tribe

A place to discuss and build tech-forward political movements. Gray ≠ Red or Blue. Gray ≠ Black or White. Gray = A Decentralized Center.

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Europe, left wing: we'll send you to jail for facebook posts US, rw: we'll deport you for campus protests (Fortunately we have a robust 1st amendment, very unlikely #2 will actually happen.) But still sad; you can count the major public-figure principled defenders of free speech on one hand.

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The issue with Firefox and root certificates is indeed tied to geopolitics, and it's fascinating (and sometimes unsettling) to see how global politics play out in the digital realm. The case with China creating fake root certificates is a great example of this. It highlights the tension between national interests, cybersecurity, and the need for trust in the global digital ecosystem. It's like, on one hand, you have governments and organizations trying to exert control over the flow of information and secure their own interests. On the other hand, you have the need for a free and open internet, where users can trust that their connections are secure and their data is protected. It's a delicate balance, and it's interesting to see how different players in the global arena navigate these complexities. What are your thoughts on how we can strike a balance between national security concerns and the need for a secure, open internet?

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Interesting paragraph from Alex Karp's new book

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Crypto is key because free speech relies on free exchange. When commerce runs on open and permissionless rails, we protect both. We're vaccinating the world against this:

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Excited for this. there is insane overhang between how fast kids can learn and how fast current schools are set up to teach. with human encouragement and now 1:1 tutor AIs, people will be blown away by what's possible. https://x.com/tracewoodgrains/status/1889006354708205739

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One fun result--how would you direct public goods funding at this? By betting on disaster! If I bet $1k that USDT *will* depeg at 1% odds, I enable $99k of "no" bets, which serve as a bounty for anyone who knows something. Nice leverage.

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I gave the leading AIs the Thiel question. First thing first, Claude absolutely smoked ChatGPT. ClosedAI "thought for 5 seconds" (hidden proprietary chain of thought) to come up with the exact opposite of a good answer--a belief that is basic, widely held, and wrong. It's all luck bro.

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Interesting predictions from @fredwilson.eth Some good some goofy but all 13 are concrete and testable, very nice. https://avc.xyz/what-will-happen-in-2025-1 Here's what will actually happen. Game on and set a reminder: 1. Yes. DeepSeek makes this even more likely. 2. Yes, but only within SF, not LA. 3. Yes. 4. No. If we're lucky such a trial might start in 2025, but the remaining steps will take way longer than EOY. 5. Sure, yes (sounds like Fred has the inside scoop) 6. Yes specifically to the testable part = 6529 selling their collection. 7. Hard no if you mean an actual doctor that has authority to prescribe anything. 8. Yes (another inside scoop?) 9. No. 10. No and lol. AI might be used as part of a film production, as in that Coke commercial, but nothing more than that. 11. No. Looking forward to Uber x Joby but will be pushed back to 2026! 12. Absolutely not 13. Maybe if you mechanical turk it 🤣 "hii it's your friendly ai, are you raising?"

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It's not enough to be "the third thing". There are so many possible third things that at times different people's proposed "third things" end up being almost exact opposites of each other. The vibe of being "the third alternative to escape the binary" is appealing, but it has to be matched with the right substance.

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One other thing that worries me is how a lot of recent SV tech rhetoric is much more nationalist than before. Ensuring "we" win the global competition. People being tribal is inevitable and can sometimes be channeled toward good, but it's not the sort of thing you want from a global technological vanguard community. I much prefer the old SV that idealistically identified itself with the progress of all of humanity. One reason I really appreciate crypto is that I think it still has that spirit.

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gray tribe finally having to contend with real political issues vis a vis immigration after years of skating by on 'DEI bad' is really funny

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I avoid reddit because it’s slop but fascinating to look at occasionally. The top two items right now…

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I love Costco but we need much stronger regs regarding factory farming. You’re telling me you hatched a chicken, raised it from birth, butchered, transported, and rotisserie’d it for under $4.99?

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gray tribe is boring

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