Zoe

Kenny Easwaran

Kenny Easwaran

6h

I thought Moses spent 40 years destroying slums and building highways so that suburbanites could drive to where the good bagels are.

“The attraction of slobbering attention is deep in our soul,” Mr. Thompson said. “It’s not a question of everyone getting our 15 minutes of fame. It’s me getting it and not you.”

In the past, Consumer Reports, a ratings magazine, was the source for consumers looking for the best products and services. Today, many people rely on readily available... See more

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

It is true that living under a liberal political regime will not, as such, automatically give you meaningful connections with other human beings, strong community ties, or a deep sense of meaning and purpose in your life.

The strength of liberalism is recognizing that no political system will do this , but we can at least have a political order... See more

Tom Hitchner

Stoic Poker

6h

When I come across something like this, or about unions making film production in LA unaffordable, I despair a little bit at how these counter-productive policies could be reversed. Because one of the characteristics of left-of-center thought is, when we institute a policy, we are never just trying something to see if it... See more

Kenny Easwaran

Kenny Easwaran

6h

I want majority parties to either put up or shut up. The filibuster means that the majority party can pretend to be an opposition party, throwing out bills that please their base, but counting on the filibuster to shut it down. I want them to actually have to vote - either pass it and show us what you really believe,... See more

Kade U

Kade U

18h

JD Vance pulling off an incredible scheme by writing a book about how much he hated growing up in his hometown and thinks everyone who lives there is only nominally a human being, thereby securing himself status among a group of anti-egalitarian rightist elites, and then projecting an image as a defender of those people because none... See more

Ethics Gradient

Ethics Gradient

21h

For movies the argument is usually a combination of audience shifts (simpler, action-heavy, non-writing dependent plots play more easily overseas), lack of DVD sales meaning that the optimization pressures have to be specifically for tentpole releases that make their money in their theatrical runs, and extremely... See more