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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

A Good Prediction Doesn’t Need to Be Accurate

People don’t like surprises
so I tell them
they’re in for a real surprise
which gives them something to look forward to

Altre opere di Chris Gaither...
It Takes Two to Tango, but One to Commando

My wife is philosophically opposed to my habit of justifying things, say a bag of the really good kind… with the phrase: I deserve it
“Everybody Knows That It’s Me or You” Except Me

The most common form of fooling ourselves isn’t thinking we’ve got everyone fooled… It’s denial that we’ve fooled anyo…
Hokum Always Thinks It’s Defeated the Possum

That wasn’t the sky Falling on your head That was the truth gone to ground By playing dead
Worst Case

My utopia is a dystopia where I get to say I told you so
The Internet Sees Your Materialism and Raises You Immaterial Materialism

A civilization can die From a variety of causes– Famine, conquest, madness, etc. In succumbing to boredom Ours will be the first
“We shall go on to the end. We shall fight... whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”

Facing a fate worse than death– Immortality with neither body nor… Because Nothing ventured, nothing lost– Life is worth dying for
It’s Rather a Small Menu, but Everything Is Delicious, and You Can Order A La Carte

Liberalism without religion is lik… dining at an all-you-can-eat buffe… There’s plenty of everything but everything is so-so Religion without liberalism is lik…
Where and When? Here and Now in Neverland.

Language is great for Letting us tell each other Where it hurts And you keep telling me It hurts when I don’t listen
There Are Three Registers but Only One Has the Real Payoff

The Imaginary: I disagree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it The Symbolic:
The Real “Hard Problem of Consciousness” Is Understanding That Life Is Hard but That’s Not a Problem

You have a real life if there are no easy solutions You have a real problem if there are no easy solutions but there is an easy way out
Talk Loudly and Carry a Big Stick

History’s first lesson– the ABCs– is that, unless coerced not to people kill the ones they hate History’s second lesson–
A Watched Bot Always Toils

Privacy is when everyone can see you but no one is watching Surveillance is when no one can see you
AI Can’t Have Fun, But It Can Hog It

The pleasure of a new discovery is only exceeded by the satisfaction of making a recommendation
The Tree of Wife

Whereas Stanford decided to make its mascot a tree my wife is a decision tree and I am her mascot even though I couldn’t get into S…
Audience Capture

A leader attracts a following The following attracts a crowd The crowd mobs the leader The leader forms a mob The mob goes mental



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