AI Twitter Debates: Clear Thinking vs 'Number Go Up' as Pre-Singularity Skills
nabla_theta · x · 2026-09-26
@wearsshoes argued the two most valuable skills before the singularity are thinking clearly about conceptually tangled problems and high-stakes decisionmaking under pressure, likening them to history's Newtons and Napoleons. @nablatheta pushed back: becoming a billionaire quant requires neither; a successful CEO needs only the latter, a great philosopher only the former — being great at 'number go up' while bad at tangled reasoning is a viable strategy for many goals and environments.
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