Gary Marcus

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8/10/2024, 2:16:56 PM
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Amy Vee
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@alexvinidiktov @GaryMarcus He seems obsessed with whatever Elon's saying or doing unless he's doing it for engagement because he lacks originality
Elon isn't making policies
The dangerous ones are flooding the economy with debt mostly for war while their own country suffers economic hardship
Alexei Vinidiktov
@alexvinidiktov
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@GaryMarcus @Amygdala_Vital Are you an economist?
Gary Marcus
@GaryMarcus
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@Amygdala_Vital His economic theory is simplistic (e.g, he ignores supply shortages, price gouging during Covid etc). Some of what he mentioned is real, but it’s a very incomplete perspective.

His undergrad degree apparently didn’t impart a lot of nuance, and nor did either of his two days at…
Amy Vee
@Amygdala_Vital
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@GaryMarcus At the University of Pennsylvania, Musk earned two bachelor's degrees in physics and economics in 1997. According to BestColleges, he also briefly attended a Ph. D. program in applied physics and materials science at Stanford University
Are you mad?
Gary Marcus
@GaryMarcus
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Oh god. Now he thinks he is an economist.
Elon Musk
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The rise in prices (inflation) is caused by government overspending, which increases the amount of money faster than the increase in goods & services output.

That is the vast majority of the problem.

Inflation was particularly bad during the Covid years, as there was massive…

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