The discourse · 14 September 2026
AMC CEO Adam Aron publicly condemned the tokenization of AMC stock as 'contemptable, outrageous, disgusting, despicable' and 'vile.'
“I find this practice to be contemptable, outrageous, disgusting, despicable. It's vile. How can this possibly be legal?”
The asset management business model's ad valorem pricing means firms make more money even when they destroy value, as long as markets go up.
“Your whole revenue stream is structured on ad valorem pricing. So even when you destroy value and markets go up, you make more money, kind of a wonderful thing.”
Seth BernsteinA single security change made in an AI app-building platform like Lovable propagates to tens of millions of apps, giving platform-level builders outsized leverage over internet security.
“when we make one change locally in our builder it's amplified to like 40 million apps for example.”
Anton ChuvakinPatching an appliance does not necessarily remove attacker persistence; systems can remain backdoored after being patched.
“They pop appliances very very quickly. They backd door them. CIS admin rushes in, patches them as fast. Machine is now patched. Back door of course persists. They're still popped.”
Benjamin HarrisMichael Feinberg now concedes that the civil libertarians he previously dismissed were 100% correct that expanded administrative warrant powers would eventually be used against American citizens.
“And what I've seen now is that when people take power who have no respect for norm or balance, like the civil libertarians I brushed off were 100% correct.”