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1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Oct-2018 03:59:35 EDT 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

   When I told the CEO of a venture capital firm that I'm not on LinkedIn for privacy reasons, he wondered if it was a form of protest, or just because I'm quarrelsome.

   He publishes a magazine about innovation. He handed me a copy and said "Here. Saved you 18 dollars."

   In his vision of the future, surveillance is beneficial because Big Brother loves you. He doesn't say so outright, but that's the implication.

   1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Oct-2018 04:08:23 EDT 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

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      Not selling your soul to the devil has a very high opportunity cost. If you want to get by in this world, you have to work for people who have some very unsavoury motives.

      The venture capitalist I met works in a large office building with a marble wall entrance decorated with statues. He didn't know how to operate his own coffee machine, because his secretary makes his coffee for him.