Chad Aaron Hall

Usually, however, people who say "the Constitution is not a suicide pact" view that statement as a trump card. This policy might be unconstitutional, they implicitly concede, but we should pursue it anyway because the stakes are too high to follow "doctrinaire logic" rather than "practical wisdom." That way of thinking is tantamount to saying that... See more

The pitch is that creators and business owners will use these AI profiles to talk to their followers on their behalf. They’ll be able to talk directly with humans in chat threads and respond to comments on their author’s account. Meta says Instagram users in the US can get started with AI Studio via either its website or by starting a new “AI chat”... See more

Because of the long lifespan of roads, mistakes we’ve made 20, 30, even 40 years ago haven’t had their full impact yet. That’s going to be felt in future operating budgets, which are already going to be strained by our negative Net Financial Position.

As a reminder, the simplest way to explain the relevance of the city’s Net Financial Position being... See more

Maybe we’ve realized that the internet simply works better as a fragmented thing.

Better, perhaps we can trade a large reduction in the taxation of savings and investment so that more people don’t need social security as a transfer program. The big social security reform should focus on making it financially possible for late middle age Americans to continue to work. Fix the incentives and you fix the money.

You have to spend money to get food. You don’t have to spend money to get more blog posts. People will gladly shove more blog posts and book recs down your throat. Wondering about self-help? Here’s a blog post. Having trouble with your mom? Here’s a book rec. Trying to grapple with the mystery of why there is something rather than nothing? Here’s a... See more