Xah's Edu Corner: accountability & lying thru the teeth

Xah Lee xah at xahlee.org
Tue Feb 14 04:33:49 EST 2006


here's a site: http://www.longbets.org/bets that takes socially
important predictions. I might have to enter one or two.

i longed for such a accountable predictions for a long time. Usually,
some fucking fart will do predictions, but the problem is that it's not
accountable. So, lots fuckhead morons in the IT industry will shout
about their opinions on society and technology such as for example
“Microsoft will fall within a decade” or “linux will rule”, or
some technology issues such as “singularity”. But the problem is,
any moron can sound big when there's no accountability associated with
their cries. This website, at least makes it possible to do accountable
opinions. (in the form of mandatory monetary donations) But i really
wished for a mechanism, so that any fuckhead tech geekers with their
loud cries will hurt badly when they open their mouths in public with
wantonness.

For more info about the longbets.org site, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Now_Foundation

   Xah
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