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“I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member” -Marx[1]

1. The Subway Seat: You’re on a subway platform, and the train pulls into the station. Almost all of the subway cars are full to the brim, but you notice one that is entirely empty. You’ll be able to get a seat to yourself! You step onto that car. The air conditioning is broken, and someone has defecated on the floor.

2. The Juggling Contest: Your quantitative trading firm is holding its annual juggling tournament. Cost to enter is $18, winner takes all. You know you’re far better at juggling than most of your coworkers, so you sign up. As it turns out, only a few of your coworkers sign up, including Alice, who used to be in the lucrative professional juggling world before leaving to pursue [...]

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First published:
March 14th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vyAZyYh3qsqcJwwPn/conditional-on-getting-to-trade-your-trade-wasn-t-all-that

Linkpost URL:
https://bayesshammai.substack.com/p/conditional-on-getting-to-trade-your

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

[Linkpost] “Conditional on Getting to Trade, Your Trade Wasn’t All That Great” by Ricki Heicklen

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