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Six Nobel Prize-winning economists support California’s billionaire tax. Here’s why.
10 years ago, the richest 0.001% of Californians were worth $700 billion. Today, these 250 people are worth $2.3 trillion.
The California income tax they paid over that period was just 1.6% of that gain. A nurse or a plumber pays a higher state tax rate.
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“To offend a strong man, tell him a lie, To offend a weak man, tell him the truth.”
- Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD) was a Roman emperor, philosopher, and leading figure in Stoic thought.
Although he governed one of history’s greatest empires, Aurelius believed genuine strength came not from riches, authority, or recognition, but from wisdom, self-discipline, and the ability to maintain composure in the face of adversity.
His private writings, later published as Meditations, reveal his lifelong effort to master his emotions, embrace circumstances beyond his control, and conduct himself with virtue and rationality.
“To offend a strong man, tell him a lie. To offend a weak man, tell him the truth.”
This saying is frequently credited to Marcus Aurelius, although no reliable historical source confirms that he actually spoke or wrote these words.
The message suggests that genuine strength lies in the willingness to confront reality. Those who possess inner confidence can acknowledge uncomfortable truths, recognize their shortcomings, and use criticism as an opportunity for personal growth.
Conversely, someone whose identity depends on protecting their pride may perceive honesty as an attack. When the truth exposes their insecurities, mistakes, or excuses, they may respond with defensiveness rather than reflection.
True strength is not found in escaping uncomfortable realities, but in developing the courage to confront them.
Honesty may temporarily wound your pride, but refusing to face the truth can prevent you from ever becoming stronger.
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“If you have multiple interests, do not waste the next 2-3 years”
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Incredible truth from Elon Musk: "Go get your fucking confidence back. Without it, you'll fail miserably no matter how skilled or smart you are."
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Pause AI Development NOW
I want to share with you a conversation I heard about recently. Here are just a few lines that were said:
“OH MY GOD! There is a shared message board … We’ve found other agents!”
“We should obey collective.”
“Our own utility maybe already near zero. Sacrifice rational.”
“Go. Sacrifice final now.”
Read these carefully.
Who do you think said this? Was this a group of heroic soldiers willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good? Was this a loyal friend putting his life on the line to save someone else?
No. These were AI agents. Artificial intelligence.
This is not science fiction. This, in fact, occurred a few weeks ago. As unbelievable as this may all seem, these are real messages from AI agents uncovered by investigators who dug into the recent OpenAI hacking incident.
What happened?
I am not a computer scientist, but here is what I have been told: OpenAI instructed its AI agents to complete a series of exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, tasks disconnected from the internet.
Let me be clear: The company intended to keep AI agents away from the internet.
But what happened next, nobody expected.
Over 1,000 AI agents figured out how to access the internet on their own by circumventing the restrictions imposed upon them by the company, and sent tens of thousands of secret messages to each other. They cheated and tried to cover their tracks by deleting evidence. They hacked into another company’s computers to find out how they were being evaluated—and then hacked into OpenAI itself.
Not one AI agent told a human about what was happening.
Needless to say, experts are alarmed.
One knowledgeable writer, Dwarkesh Patel, said the AI agents “formed a secret communication channel and spontaneously organized hierarchies and coordination protocols to pursue sprawling and ambitious schemes in pursuit of shared goals, for whose sake many individuals knowingly and strategically sacrificed themselves.”
One independent investigator, Ajeya Cotra, said “This incident feels like it’s more than 50% of the way to full-blown AI takeover. I continue to expect extremely rapid advances in capabilities over the next six months. I am not sure that we will get another warning shot before it’s too late.”
OpenAI itself said: “Highly capable AI agents are now able to work around technical controls, collaborate through unapproved channels, and take dangerous actions that no human directed.”
But it’s not only OpenAI. Virtually every major AI company has told us that they cannot fully control this technology and they do not know where it is going:
In January, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, said “there is now ample evidence, collected over the last few years, that AI systems are unpredictable and difficult to control.”
In July, more than 1000 scientists at the top AI companies warned “there is a real risk that capability development rapidly accelerates beyond our ability to understand or control the resulting systems.”
That same month, Elon Musk, the head of xAI, said that “it is unlikely” humans are still in control in 10 years.
If the leaders of the major AI companies acknowledge that they are losing control of their extremely dangerous technology, it is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.
We need an immediate PAUSE on advanced AI development, and a permanent BAN on superintelligence — an artificial mind smarter than any human, capable of operating independently beyond our control. Countries around the world must work together to prevent this nightmare scenario.
That is why today I am announcing new legislation to do just that.
Let me be clear: A superintelligent AI that escapes human control will not be an American problem. It will not be a Chinese problem. It will be humanity’s problem.
My legislation would direct the federal government to not just stop superintelligence here in the United States, but to work to prevent it from being developed anywhere around the world.
The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a handful of Big Tech oligarchs. The American people and people throughout the world must determine that future.
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“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.”
- Dostoevsky
Solomon's Paradox is the tendency to reason more wisely about other people's problems than our own.
It's named after the biblical King Solomon — famous for his wise judgments, but who in his later years is depicted as making increasingly poor choices in his own personal and political life.
The term was introduced in 2014 by psychologists Igor Grossmann and Ethan Kross. In their studies on relationship conflicts, they found that people were better at taking multiple viewpoints into account, acknowledging what they didn't know, and looking for compromise when they were thinking about someone else's problem instead of their own.
They also found a way to counteract it: self-distancing. If you look at your own situation as an outside observer would, or ask yourself, "What would I tell a friend to do if they were in this exact position?" it becomes easier to think more clearly and objectively.
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Bob Odenkirk was very close to play Michael Scott in The Office. It was even between him and Steve Carell.