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Nik Gupta
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I understand his desire to keep Slow Boring level headed, but I do feel that all to often, Matt forces you to read in between the lines and parse what he really thinks, making you study "Yglesias thought" across multiple platforms. Its annoying and I am not sure I would have stayed a paid subscriber if Harris had won. Noah Smith is a gre... See more
1d
I understand his desire to keep Slow Boring level headed, but I do feel that all to often, Matt forces you to read in between the lines and parse what he really thinks, making you study "Yglesias thought" across multiple platforms. Its annoying and I am not sure I would have stayed a paid subscriber if Harris had won. Noah Smith is a gre... See more
Mailbag: Condescending to the wine moms
Failing to prioritize stupidity over malice causes things like paranoia. Always assuming malice puts you at the center of everyone else’s world. This is an incredibly self-centered approach to life. In reality, for every act of malice, there is almost certainly far more ignorance, stupidity, and laziness.
Rhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
“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 rat... See more
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 rat... See more
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However, this is the problem: for a vast, complex political universe, there will be a vast space of possible but distinct interpretations sensitive to genuine facts and regularities. In most cases, it won’t be a simple matter of thinking all but one system of concepts and explanatory frameworks are wrong. There’s a deep sense in which they’re all w... See more
Dan Williams • The deep and unavoidable roots of political bias
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
The other day I started wondering whether there is a future in “ads” of the sort that lure bots to click through, rather than luring humans.
The End of Search, The Beginning of Research
Kenny Easwaran comment
The United States is the capital of review mania. The need for feedback and affirmation is “a very American thing,” said Gerd Leonhard, a Zurich-based self-described futurist, book author and corporate consultant. “Europeans don’t do this; we’re not gung-ho to write reviews, and many people will refuse.”
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When you are stupid, people take advantage of you. Sometimes you don't even notice, because you are stupid, until you notice the consequences. Then you start developing a diffuse, generalized paranoia about people taking advantage of you. And you cannot tell who is or is not trustworthy, because you are stupid, so you can't tell friends from enemie... See more
Four trade deficit myths hurting the economy
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw