At some point you realize that the prominent, powerful people you see on your screens are mostly morons who got lucky.

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David Roberts
‪@volts.wtf‬

At some point you realize that the prominent, powerful people you see on your screens are mostly morons who either got lucky or are saying things billionaires want to hear, and that nobody smart or competent is in charge, and we're all just collectively flailing, and it's a miracle anything works.

‪More Perfect Union‬
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The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."

Dec 4, 2025, 1:34 AM

At some point you realize that the prominent, powerful people you see on your screens are mostly morons who either got lucky or are saying things billionaires want to hear, and that nobody smart or competent is in charge, and we're all just collectively flailing, and it's a miracle anything works.

— David Roberts (@volts.wtf) 2025-12-04T06:34:31.787Z

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1. This sounds like a good business model- uggh

I don't even know what to think of that statement.

[JT45242]

2. Overwhelmingly the luck was on the birth lottery

Start up money from family wealth...Thiel, Musk, The Felon...

Then you gave the Uber lucky...why did Facebook beat MySpace?

Why were people too stupid to use a simple MP3 player for a fraction of the cost of an iPod (people forget apple was teetering on bankruptcy when that cane out)?

Why was ToysRUs so stupid to let Bezos and Amazon be the landing page and not just a behind the scenes contractor?

But overwhelmingly it is birth lottery.