i’m so proud 🥹

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All else equal — ceteris paribus, as the economists say — if you were to just grab that expensive watch from the jewelry store counter and walk out the door, you'd be better off. Only all else would not be equal. Lots of data-centric political punditry is basically "grab the watch".

"we could call this a…muscular, socialism-inflected version of antitrust. Rather than (or in addition to) playing constant…whack-a-mole against market concentration…the govt steps in directly and creates the competition it wants, either thru subsidies or outright state-owned firms." @ryanlcooper.com

i hope they stop murdering people there. i am rooting for that.

“In smaller courses, the difference in the quality of…discussion where 70% of the students have done 50% of the readings and one in which 20% have done 10% of the readings is obvious in the same way…a cold Coke tastes different than lukewarm spit. The former is no Chablis, but it is more palatable.”

“It’s true that Bush did more to infringe on civil liberties than Trump did in his first term, but if Trump had been president on 9/11, he probably would have put the country’s entire Muslim population in internment camps.” @mattyglesias.bsky.social www.slowboring.com/p/the-author...

what variety of exquisite corpse is this?

that would be racism and posting racism is illegal.

it’s when you’ve entered your own private Idaho.

people underestimate the power of mere annoyance in politics. often people just vote against the people they consider more annoying.

in a dystopian society, billboards would be dominated by ads for personal injury and divorce lawyers. radio (they’d call it “podcasts”) would be constantly hawking supplements, CBD, and psychotherapy.

Adam Ozimek organized some nice events at his bar/arcade/bowling alley in Lancaster PA.

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any softness in the AI sector would be contained.

the entrenchment of a gerontocratic political leadership globally suggests life extension research may have social costs its enthusiasts and funders have not reckoned with. for much of the world, the finitude of leaders’ natural lifespans represents the public’s best hope for change.

once you define oat milk as a chemical weapon, portland really is a war zone.

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