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# ![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::15626406.png) @michael_nielsen Michael Nielsen

Michael Nielsen posts on X about insurance, counterparty, 10m, drake the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

### Engagements: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::15626406/interactions)
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- X Week XXXXXXX +72%
- X Month XXXXXXX +39%
- X Months XXXXXXX -XX%
- X Year XXXXXXXXX -XX%

### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::15626406/posts_active)
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- X Week XX +267%
- X Month XX +170%
- X Months XX -XX%
- X Year XXX -XX%

### Followers: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::15626406/followers)
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- X Week XXXXXXX +0.13%
- X Month XXXXXXX +0.56%
- X Months XXXXXXX +3.70%
- X Year XXXXXXX +9.60%

### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::15626406/influencer_rank)
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### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::15626406/influence)
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**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  XXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  XXXX% [musicians](/list/musicians)  XXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  XXXX%

**Social topic influence**
[insurance](/topic/insurance) 4.17%, [counterparty](/topic/counterparty) 4.17%, [10m](/topic/10m) 4.17%, [drake](/topic/drake) 4.17%, [limits](/topic/limits) 4.17%, [open ai](/topic/open-ai) 4.17%, [sig](/topic/sig) XXXX%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@michaelnielsen](/creator/undefined) [@jacobcollier](/creator/undefined) [@geoffmanaugh](/creator/undefined) [@jkcarlsmith](/creator/undefined) [@hannu](/creator/undefined) [@gwern](/creator/undefined) [@dundereloise](/creator/undefined) [@bubblingcreek](/creator/undefined) [@skdhs](/creator/undefined) [@openai](/creator/undefined) [@intellectronica](/creator/undefined) [@markianrubin](/creator/undefined) [@bubbling_creek](/creator/undefined) [@_joshuahagen_](/creator/undefined) [@chsacy](/creator/undefined) [@mariusanicoara](/creator/undefined) [@bohannon_bot](/creator/undefined) [@rahshank](/creator/undefined) [@jamestimmins](/creator/undefined) [@maxnadeau_](/creator/undefined)
### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::15626406/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"This is a very interesting thread and interesting-looking paper (I learned of it X mins ago haven't read it) One immediate high-level point: "Insurers are incentivized to truthfully quantify and track risks" is *only* true if liability laws capture harms. They very rarely come close and are often very strongly opposed by industry. That's a big apparent limitation here"  
![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::15626406.png) [@michael_nielsen](/creator/x/michael_nielsen) on [X](/post/tweet/1945222704615055779) 2025-07-15 20:43:27 UTC 108.2K followers, 12K engagements


"Something I didn't anticipate about my list of meaningful places (I'd like to go and have been) is how enjoyable it would be to share with friends and to talk over and how often I would do it:"  
![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::15626406.png) [@michael_nielsen](/creator/x/michael_nielsen) on [X](/post/tweet/1945353699892879737) 2025-07-16 05:23:59 UTC 108.3K followers, 7854 engagements


"What project would you be happy to devote XX years of your life to despite (or because of) it only being XX% done when you die Ht @hannu @gwern and Antoni Gaudi for inspiring the question"  
![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::15626406.png) [@michael_nielsen](/creator/x/michael_nielsen) on [X](/post/tweet/1943042492997472605) 2025-07-09 20:20:04 UTC 108.3K followers, 57.4K engagements


"You can just do things but your audience sometimes needs some encouragement Sabine's service: I love that @jacobcollier posted this considering how he found his audience"  
![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::15626406.png) [@michael_nielsen](/creator/x/michael_nielsen) on [X](/post/tweet/1946264118912327782) 2025-07-18 17:41:40 UTC 108.3K followers, 2424 engagements


"@bubbling_creek Yes. I'd be shocked if the report doesn't note that"  
![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::15626406.png) [@michael_nielsen](/creator/x/michael_nielsen) on [X](/post/tweet/1945225921839161362) 2025-07-15 20:56:14 UTC 108.3K followers, XXX engagements


"A musical equivalent to @skdh's consulting service for auto-didact physicists (ht @jacobcollier ) (Well not exactly equivalent: this is the counter-party)"  
![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::15626406.png) [@michael_nielsen](/creator/x/michael_nielsen) on [X](/post/tweet/1946264116005601668) 2025-07-18 17:41:39 UTC 108.3K followers, 3746 engagements


"Lovely thread touching on prediction-vs-understanding: (I have something very similar to this somewhere on my far-too-long list of someday-projects it's very nice to see it done and I'm curious at followups.)"  
![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::15626406.png) [@michael_nielsen](/creator/x/michael_nielsen) on [X](/post/tweet/1943733915354554869) 2025-07-11 18:07:32 UTC 108.3K followers, 17.4K engagements


"Thinking about the Drake equation in cellular automata universes I was reading up on the original history of the equation and it's pretty fun. "The Order of the Dolphin""  
![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::15626406.png) [@michael_nielsen](/creator/x/michael_nielsen) on [X](/post/tweet/1945601230908404110) 2025-07-16 21:47:35 UTC 108.3K followers, 5058 engagements


"There's some pretty interesting work on this question:"  
![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::15626406.png) [@michael_nielsen](/creator/x/michael_nielsen) on [X](/post/tweet/1945607885230358761) 2025-07-16 22:14:02 UTC 108.3K followers, 4035 engagements


"A very useful thread on the OpenAI Gold Medal IMO performance:"  
![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::15626406.png) [@michael_nielsen](/creator/x/michael_nielsen) on [X](/post/tweet/1946609028769132735) 2025-07-19 16:32:13 UTC 108.3K followers, 6816 engagements


"I re-post this periodically but disappearing polymorphs are one of the most incredible things in nature. Example one of many:"  
![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::15626406.png) [@michael_nielsen](/creator/x/michael_nielsen) on [X](/post/tweet/1943886870599151870) 2025-07-12 04:15:20 UTC 108.3K followers, 14.8K engagements


"Changing my email .sig to "Proudly overusing em dashes since 1995.""  
![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::15626406.png) [@michael_nielsen](/creator/x/michael_nielsen) on [X](/post/tweet/1946438998207181245) 2025-07-19 05:16:34 UTC 108.3K followers, 7265 engagements


""to be honest" is such a strange qualifier. The implication seems to be that much of the time one is being dishonest (I use it sometimes a hard-to-break habit that came from a past relationship. With funnily enough a person who was extremely honest.)"  
![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::15626406.png) [@michael_nielsen](/creator/x/michael_nielsen) on [X](/post/tweet/1945533833031635118) 2025-07-16 17:19:46 UTC 108.3K followers, 19.8K engagements


"Interesting one reader says that the report doesn't actually address the real risks here. What a pity:"  
![@michael_nielsen Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::15626406.png) [@michael_nielsen](/creator/x/michael_nielsen) on [X](/post/tweet/1945231359925981404) 2025-07-15 21:17:51 UTC 108.3K followers, 4375 engagements

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@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen Michael Nielsen

Michael Nielsen posts on X about insurance, counterparty, 10m, drake the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

Engagements: XXXXX #

Engagements Line Chart

  • X Week XXXXXXX +72%
  • X Month XXXXXXX +39%
  • X Months XXXXXXX -XX%
  • X Year XXXXXXXXX -XX%

Mentions: XX #

Mentions Line Chart

  • X Week XX +267%
  • X Month XX +170%
  • X Months XX -XX%
  • X Year XXX -XX%

Followers: XXXXXXX #

Followers Line Chart

  • X Week XXXXXXX +0.13%
  • X Month XXXXXXX +0.56%
  • X Months XXXXXXX +3.70%
  • X Year XXXXXXX +9.60%

CreatorRank: XXXXXXX #

CreatorRank Line Chart

Social Influence #


Social category influence finance XXXX% celebrities XXXX% musicians XXXX% technology brands XXXX%

Social topic influence insurance 4.17%, counterparty 4.17%, 10m 4.17%, drake 4.17%, limits 4.17%, open ai 4.17%, sig XXXX%

Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @michaelnielsen @jacobcollier @geoffmanaugh @jkcarlsmith @hannu @gwern @dundereloise @bubblingcreek @skdhs @openai @intellectronica @markianrubin @bubbling_creek @joshuahagen @chsacy @mariusanicoara @bohannon_bot @rahshank @jamestimmins @maxnadeau_

Top Social Posts #


Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"This is a very interesting thread and interesting-looking paper (I learned of it X mins ago haven't read it) One immediate high-level point: "Insurers are incentivized to truthfully quantify and track risks" is only true if liability laws capture harms. They very rarely come close and are often very strongly opposed by industry. That's a big apparent limitation here"
@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen on X 2025-07-15 20:43:27 UTC 108.2K followers, 12K engagements

"Something I didn't anticipate about my list of meaningful places (I'd like to go and have been) is how enjoyable it would be to share with friends and to talk over and how often I would do it:"
@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen on X 2025-07-16 05:23:59 UTC 108.3K followers, 7854 engagements

"What project would you be happy to devote XX years of your life to despite (or because of) it only being XX% done when you die Ht @hannu @gwern and Antoni Gaudi for inspiring the question"
@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen on X 2025-07-09 20:20:04 UTC 108.3K followers, 57.4K engagements

"You can just do things but your audience sometimes needs some encouragement Sabine's service: I love that @jacobcollier posted this considering how he found his audience"
@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen on X 2025-07-18 17:41:40 UTC 108.3K followers, 2424 engagements

"@bubbling_creek Yes. I'd be shocked if the report doesn't note that"
@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen on X 2025-07-15 20:56:14 UTC 108.3K followers, XXX engagements

"A musical equivalent to @skdh's consulting service for auto-didact physicists (ht @jacobcollier ) (Well not exactly equivalent: this is the counter-party)"
@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen on X 2025-07-18 17:41:39 UTC 108.3K followers, 3746 engagements

"Lovely thread touching on prediction-vs-understanding: (I have something very similar to this somewhere on my far-too-long list of someday-projects it's very nice to see it done and I'm curious at followups.)"
@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen on X 2025-07-11 18:07:32 UTC 108.3K followers, 17.4K engagements

"Thinking about the Drake equation in cellular automata universes I was reading up on the original history of the equation and it's pretty fun. "The Order of the Dolphin""
@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen on X 2025-07-16 21:47:35 UTC 108.3K followers, 5058 engagements

"There's some pretty interesting work on this question:"
@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen on X 2025-07-16 22:14:02 UTC 108.3K followers, 4035 engagements

"A very useful thread on the OpenAI Gold Medal IMO performance:"
@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen on X 2025-07-19 16:32:13 UTC 108.3K followers, 6816 engagements

"I re-post this periodically but disappearing polymorphs are one of the most incredible things in nature. Example one of many:"
@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen on X 2025-07-12 04:15:20 UTC 108.3K followers, 14.8K engagements

"Changing my email .sig to "Proudly overusing em dashes since 1995.""
@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen on X 2025-07-19 05:16:34 UTC 108.3K followers, 7265 engagements

""to be honest" is such a strange qualifier. The implication seems to be that much of the time one is being dishonest (I use it sometimes a hard-to-break habit that came from a past relationship. With funnily enough a person who was extremely honest.)"
@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen on X 2025-07-16 17:19:46 UTC 108.3K followers, 19.8K engagements

"Interesting one reader says that the report doesn't actually address the real risks here. What a pity:"
@michael_nielsen Avatar @michael_nielsen on X 2025-07-15 21:17:51 UTC 108.3K followers, 4375 engagements

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