How People Get Rich Now

Re:How People Get Rich Now by whimsicalism on Monday April 12, 2021 @01:28PM (#26782327)

The presumption that Scott Alexander will be quoted long beyond his lifespan really drives home how much of a bubble this site can be at times.

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Re:How People Get Rich Now by blaser-waffle on Monday April 12, 2021 @01:44PM (#26782535)

Indeed. How many people know who HL Mencken is?

Alexander is a good writer, and I appreciate how he is able to tackle assumptions and challenge mainstream opinions, and does so systematically.

But he's writing 10 pages of what could be summed up in 10 bullet points.

The intellectual collateral is nice, but he's not really breaking new ground, and I'm not sure what he's going to share with the next generation of readers

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Re:How People Get Rich Now by Matticus_Rex on Monday April 12, 2021 @01:50PM (#26782627)

Mencken gets quoted pretty regularly in my circles :shrug:

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Re:How People Get Rich Now by davidgerard on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @06:30PM (#26800254)

Alexander is extremely difficult to get clear quotes out of - pithy sentences that would fit in a tweet, for example.

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