I think computer bridge will take off soon. LLMs have allowed double-dummy solvers to move from ~0.1sec to microseconds (if you allow 99.9% accuracy) and parsing human bidding system descriptions must either be possible or v close.
'Gandalf himself never uses the palantiri that Thiel named his company after, not just due to how incredibly dangerous and powerful they are, but also their corrupting nature.'
Seems a bit harsh. It's chatting to Sauron with them that's the problem.
There's a depressing number who dismiss the benefits of things like learning times tables as 'rote learning' rather than force-multipliers that free your brain for other things.
"There is a strong family resemblance about misdeeds, and if you have all the details of a thousand at your finger ends, it is odd if you can’t unravel the thousand and first."
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