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Without the looming threat of a rival superpower, the last thirty years of global neoliberalism have witnessed a rapid shriveling of social programs that protect citizens from cyclical instability and financial crises and reduce the vast inequality of economic outcomes between those at the top and bottom of the income distribution.

Kristen R. Ghodsee • Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence

All citizens over 18 would get an annual distribution, in dollars and company shares, into their accounts. People would be entrusted to use the money however they needed or wanted—for better education, healthcare, housing, starting a company, whatever. Rising costs in government-funded industries would face real pressure as more people chose their... See more

Sam Altman · March 16 • Moore's Law for Everything

Americans, and many others around the world, did not seem fully aware of how much better things could be.

Anu Partanen • The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

As far as I can tell, the most notable political science results of the 21st century is democracy cannot work well with low fertility rates. All converge on prioritizing retirees over workers and immigrants over citizens escalating social transfers beyond sustainability.

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Digital divide and inequality:

Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy

The War on Normal People

Andrew Yang • 2 highlights

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🚨 PETER THIEL ON DECLINING BIRTH RATE: “Once you get an inverted demographic pyramid, at some point do you vote for benefits for the old or for the young? If the people with kids get financially penalized and the people without kids vote benefits for themselves, it will be very difficult to flip back.”... See more

Autism Capital 🧩x.com

The new ideology of meritocracy competed with two alternative notions of social organization: the egalitarian principle, with its call for complete equality in the distribution of goods between humans; and the hereditary principle, with its belief that titles and posts (and partridge shoots) should be automatically transferred to the children of

Alain de Botton • Status Anxiety (NON-FICTION)

If right now you think I’m a horrible, marauding, free-market monster, you’re only half-right—I’m also a humanist who thinks there are better things for our children to do with their time. The quicker we eliminate the low-paying, repetitive, and menial jobs, the quicker our species can get to work on bigger issues like sustainability, being