Game Theory Optimal

<p>Welcome back to the Plausibly Deniable Experience. Lukas and Saila enter Soycast mode to reconstruct cooking from first principles, prove that bachelor slop is game-theory optimal, and explain why sharing food with roommates produces resentment instead of consumer surplus. We investigate the hidden fat tax, nuclear-powered dishwasher cabinets, and whether the government should pay your grandmother to cook for you.Then: why Twitter got boring, quote-tweet parasitism, synthetic OpenAI equity, and corporate jobs that have quietly become pensions. Doug Leone’s homelessness story becomes a debate about whether a long layover counts as adversity, Lukas gets trapped in an American Airlines Groundhog Day, and Saila discovers that “you can just do things” doesn’t necessarily extend to getting a menu. Also: getting a job as a self-improvement protocol, open-source software with a personal grudge, and the Balaji debate that never happened.If you didn’t need the money, what job would you do? Tell us in the comments.Sponsored by:Zcash: https://z.cashPolymarket: https://polymarket.comCitizenX: https://citizenx.comPassage Press: https://passage.pressBonus episodes + extended cuts: https://plausiblydeniable.substack.comPlausibly Deniable: https://plausiblydeniable.orgSubmit a question: https://plausiblydeniable.org/ask/Follow the show: https://x.com/PD_EXPLukas: https://x.com/SCHIZO_FREQSaila: https://x.com/sailaunderscore00:00 Get a Job Theory 00:37 Sponsors and Welcome to the Soycast04:45 The Hidden Fat Tax07:59 Cooking From First Principles14:13 One Bowl, Zero Chores: Bachelor Economics23:44 Why Sharing Food Ruins Roommates27:28 Put the Grandmothers to Work32:30 Downvotes, Groupthink and the Death of Comments36:00 Engagement Farming and Synthetic OpenAI Equity40:47 The Fed vs. the Trading Algorithms42:39 Why Twitter Got Boring51:09 Riding With Biden and the Gerontocracy57:00 Kale, Dieting and Supermarket Discipline1:00:00 Boredom and Get a Job Theory1:01:56 The People Who Never Leave the House1:03:58 Incels, Age Gaps and America A vs. America B1:08:17 Doug Leone and the Homelessness Origin Story1:14:20 Trapped at DFW: Complaining on Twitter Works1:18:12 Sponsor Wishlist and Open Source With a Grudge1:20:30 The Balaji Debate That Never Happened1:22:49 The Best Job When You Don’t Need Money1:26:53 Video Calls, Insurance Sales and Plumber Sponsorships1:31:05 Dream Guests and Podcasting as an Endurance Sport1:33:34 Open Mics and Birthday Scams1:35:57 “You Can Just Do Things” vs. the Restaurant Hostess</p>