I’m always shocked at how many economics experts there are on a tech forum!

monkeyelite 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

This one isn’t surprising at all though. It’s a technical subject with everyday relevance and lots of material to learn about it.

Unless you’re implying special credentials should be required to comment.

	▲	amanaplanacanal 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah this stuff is not expert-only level economics, this is pretty basic.

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fragmede 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Is anti-intellectualism really the look you're going for?

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SV_BubbleTime 4 days ago | parent [-]

That’s funny, I’m looking for intellectual honesty. And honestly admitting no one here really has any fucking clue about global trade, economic effects, and policy would be a good start.

Nah.. “I’m an intellectual, I read tech blogs and listen to NPR… I’ve never made anything outside of a computer program, but listen to my opinion on tariffs that happens to align with all my media sources!”

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fragmede a day ago | parent [-]

Being and intellectual and having credentials are two separate things. There are plenty of people here who build things in the "real" world, eg chips, trading systems, distributed infra, biotech. They still want to discuss policy because those policies shape what gets built and where.

It’s fine to call out overconfidence, but dismissing everyone as clueless is just another flavor of anti-intellectualism. The real intellectual honesty is admitting:

1. We’re all partial amateurs outside our domains.

2. Policy and trade affect everyone, not just specialists.

3. Listening and engaging beats sneering at “NPR readers.”

If you think most opinions here are shallow, good for you! You set the scene though, so maybe contributing depth instead of punching down?

	▲	SV_BubbleTime 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You know it’s free to admit what we both know this is. It’s some lying, it’s some pretending, it’s crying, it’s some footstomping, it’s some complete bullshit. And every now and then small nuggets of facts are seen sometimes even intentionally.