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👁️ Bed Bath & Qanon: The Grim Psychology of Stock Cults
Meme stock communities look a lot like doomsday extremists - including their manipulative leaders. Plus: OpenAI flips the (theoretical) "profit" switch…
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David Z. Morris
Meet My Publisher
Sam Bankman-Fried will join a proud legacy ... just not in the way he was hoping for.
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What is TESCREALism? Mapping the Cult of the Techno-Utopia.
A new paper by Timnit Gebru and Émile P. Torres traces the intimate links between Tranhumanism, Effective Altruism, Longtermism, and other…
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👁️ Who is the New York Times Lying For?
The Times' primary FTX reporter has shocking family ties to the story. Also: The Red Lobster Bust-Out.
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The Good Psycho: Notes on SBF’s Sociopathy (Premium Bonus)
Except for killing animals, he ticks all the boxes.
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A Liar To the End: SBF’s Sentencing Hearing Was his Final Self-Indictment
The biggest fraudster of his generation couldn't talk his way out.
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👁️ Debanked In the Comatorium
It's the perfect time for fintech dipshits to lie. Also: The return of Enron, Craig Wright's Wrongs, Tornado Cash Unsanctioned.
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I Survived Ethereum Devcon 7 (Barely)
Highlights from Ethereum's most important conference.
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👁️ Election Market Manipulation
Polymarket is mostly fake. Also: more FTX Malfeasance; a Bitcoin play; DWF Labs' date rapist-in-residence; and more.
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David Z. Morris
The Racehorse Who Gambled
Expected Value, Discounted Future Cash Flows, and Stealing from the Future (a Rough Draft)
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👁️ Trump's Crypto Scam Flopped
Welcome to your weekly Dark Markets news roundup.
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👁️ The Computability of the Universe is Political
Toby Ord's latest foray into crafting a rationalist universe. Also: Razzlekhan, Nishad Singh, Ryan Salame, TDBank, and more.
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👁️ Elon Musk's Public Transit Bait-And-Switch Rolls On
Space Karen has spent a decade cosplaying as a visionary to kneecap real transit solutions. Also: The FBI's awesome fake-token sting; Roblox is a…
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Effective Altruism and the Logic of the Code
Give me a lever long enough, and I can move not just the world - but the future.
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Dark Markets
Dark Markets
Dark Markets is the Newsletter for Fringe Finance. David Z. Morris, PhD (CoinDesk, Fortune) is your guide to the squirming underbelly of capitalism, where markets are irrational, money is imaginary, and the machines are even stupider than the rest of us.
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