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How about a pro who makes $$$$ blowing up a surf spot then complaining about how crowded it got?Nothing more pathetic than a reformed local
You want to quit regulating quit, don’t cry about it
I could go on and on and on, this is feeling way too close to home for me right nowHow about a pro who makes $$$$ blowing up a surf spot then complaining about how crowded it got?
I love the idea of being anti fragile, but NT seems like kind of a nut job to me, like he's got a chip on his shoulder for some unknown reason.According to leading intellectual Nassim Taleb localism is a solution, not a problem.
It's probably akin to democracy in the sense that Winston Churchill referenced in his famous quote:
‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’
Show me something that works better than localism.
Anyone read Jed's article?
Not too many pros but lots of grifters near me playing this role. Banking on the tourist season, encouraging people to come, cater to them but then bitch about what their local has become.How about a pro who makes $$$$ blowing up a surf spot then complaining about how crowded it got?
he has a very disagreeable temperament.I love the idea of being anti fragile, but NT seems like kind of a nut job to me, like he's got a chip on his shoulder for some unknown reason.
We have a a$$ clown like this here who inherited his dads business and adult kearner status in line up but takes pictures of all local "C" rippers and runs website with pics of all local spots. Yet on social media someone exposes one of the right point breaks already full blown crowd cries to mods to take down.Not too many pros but lots of grifters near me playing this role. Banking on the tourist season, encouraging people to come, cater to them but then bitch about what their local has become.
I followed him on Twitter for a while.he has a very disagreeable temperament.
by and large though, his arguments have plenty of merit and he's prepared to argue them on their merits.