Zoe
@mbother
Zoe
Blowfish
10h
Another theory complementary to this is that when the cost of switching to a different song/album/artist is basically zero, there is a lot less opportunity for music to "grow on you". Before, if you bought an album and didn't like it on the first listen, you are still stuck with the album, so you would probably listen to it again and... See more
10h
Another theory complementary to this is that when the cost of switching to a different song/album/artist is basically zero, there is a lot less opportunity for music to "grow on you". Before, if you bought an album and didn't like it on the first listen, you are still stuck with the album, so you would probably listen to it again and... See more
Postcards from the wrong side of history
Gordon P
9h
I think this kind of illustrates the problem that a measure like this is meant to get at. As families have become smaller and more geographically fragmented, there are fewer "easy" people to ask for favors in most peoples' lives. Meanwhile, the increased availability of low-friction paid services like Uber, coupled with an online... See more
9h
I think this kind of illustrates the problem that a measure like this is meant to get at. As families have become smaller and more geographically fragmented, there are fewer "easy" people to ask for favors in most peoples' lives. Meanwhile, the increased availability of low-friction paid services like Uber, coupled with an online... See more
Presidential luck
Marc Robbins
Marc Robbins
5h
"but to be an annoying pedant"
C-man, I'm happy to give you some tips on how to become the pleasant, charming type of pedant that people fall over themselves to invite to their parties and hold forth on the most exciting topics of pedantry that have captured the public's imagination.
Marc Robbins
5h
"but to be an annoying pedant"
C-man, I'm happy to give you some tips on how to become the pleasant, charming type of pedant that people fall over themselves to invite to their parties and hold forth on the most exciting topics of pedantry that have captured the public's imagination.
Doubling down on climate won't win the Senate
Musk and Ramaswamy are desperate for attention and affirmation. It is why they have both gravitated to MAGA world. I don't believe they are there because of any deeply held beliefs, as witnessed by the recent commentary around the H1B Visa program.
I think the best way to react to their silly DOGE thing is to try to co-opt them by trying to direct... See more
I think the best way to react to their silly DOGE thing is to try to co-opt them by trying to direct... See more
Major data revisions are coming
avalancheGenesis
11h
Liked by Ben Krauss
Senator Schmitt thinks foreign nationals and their children (like me) aren't smarter and more talented? That Real Red-Blooded Americans deserve our hard-earned prosperity, but are cheated out because they insist on a living wage for non-conformists? Well, besides the obvious horseshoe implications, I just wanna... See more
11h
Liked by Ben Krauss
Senator Schmitt thinks foreign nationals and their children (like me) aren't smarter and more talented? That Real Red-Blooded Americans deserve our hard-earned prosperity, but are cheated out because they insist on a living wage for non-conformists? Well, besides the obvious horseshoe implications, I just wanna... See more
“National” conservatism is un-American
Jackson
Jackson
9h
Liked by Ben Krauss
Broadly speaking, theory of power thinking is appealing because it allows you to avoid thinking through theories of change. Designing better policies is both difficult and involves significant tradeoffs that pit the interests of various groups in your coalition against each other. Sloganeering around billionaires... See more
Jackson
9h
Liked by Ben Krauss
Broadly speaking, theory of power thinking is appealing because it allows you to avoid thinking through theories of change. Designing better policies is both difficult and involves significant tradeoffs that pit the interests of various groups in your coalition against each other. Sloganeering around billionaires... See more
A theory of power?
Just ask yourself, what makes it easier for people to get their big-ass trucks? Of course you don’t want relentless data center construction to drive up the cost of residential electricity — that makes it harder to get a big-ass truck. But the construction of data centers plus the construction of new energy facilities to power them equals more and... See more
Big-Ass Truck Abundance
I find that people who don't like the book don't like reading about unsympathetic characters, but I always taught it (when the youths read books) as "What does it mean to find your soulmate when you have a shitty soul?" What about people who do not behave carefully and rationally? What do they deserve? Is Cathy really "made of the same stuff" as... See more
How Wuthering Heights keeps changing
Neva C Durand
11h
Re: cash instead of Medicaid - unlike food, there’s an information power imbalance when applied to medical services. The government has an important role in determining what treatments are worth the cost, even though this is obviously something people hate.
11h
Re: cash instead of Medicaid - unlike food, there’s an information power imbalance when applied to medical services. The government has an important role in determining what treatments are worth the cost, even though this is obviously something people hate.