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Anthena ( Anthena@awful.systems )  to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 years ago

Sure, castles are good for villains, but any supervillain worth their salt knows you need to dream bigger

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Sure, castles are good for villains, but any supervillain worth their salt knows you need to dream bigger

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Anthena ( Anthena@awful.systems )  to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 years ago
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FTX lobbyist tried to buy Pacific island of Nauru to create a new superspecies, lawsuit says
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Gabe Bankman-Fried, the younger brother of FTX's founder, tried to buy the island nation of Nauru to build a shelter to create a superhuman species in a lab.
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    Aren’t there stories about techlords (like Thiel) grabbing real estate in NZ? That’s a lot better: natural resources, common-law legal system, English language. Of course you can’t buy the entirety of NZ and declare yourself king, so it’s probably not EA enough.

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      @gerikson They have a king already anyway. For the time being, at least.

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        Touché.

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      3 years ago

      So I’ve been told.

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