Paul Razvan Berg

A quick intro for my new followers:

• 26 yo
• Software engineer and co-founder @Sablier, a crypto payments startup
• Born and raised in Romania
• Lived in the UK for 3 yrs
• Staunch advocate for the Enlightenment, which I believe is humanity's greatest treasure

Taleb is my greatest intellectual disappointment.

I read his books years ago. He praises Popper, yet clings to nonsensical libels & lies about Israel.

Instead of revising his views when people like @davidboxenhorn rebut him, he doubles down on his antisemitic rhetoric.

AI is smart enough now that I trust it more than politicians.

Each SOTA LLM should have a seat in Congress and other legislatures around the world.

Psychedelics are fascinating in many ways.

But perhaps most amazing is the glaring contradiction between their true properties (safe, anti-addiction meds) and their legal classification (as dangerous drugs with no medical use).

A textbook example of widespread irrationality.

GDP is a blunt tool for measuring human flourishing.

For example, treating depression with psychedelics instead of SSRIs will lower the GDP as less $$ will go to Big Pharma.

But people will be as happy as before, if not happier.