Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Arnold Kling, an economist, published a book a decade ago that offered a way to think about the core difference between progressives and conservatives. Progressives, Kling wrote, see the world as a struggle between the oppressor and the oppressed, and they try to help the oppressed. Conservatives see the world as a struggle between civilization and... See more
Bill Maher asks Rahm Emanuel why Chicago's mayor has such a low approval rating, and the panel agrees that Democrat policies have ruined large American cities:
Bill Maher: "I read that the current mayor of Chicago has an approval rating of 6.6%. What's going on in Chicago?"
Rahm Emanuel: "We've gone through 5 years where... See more
Eric Abbenantex.comdysphemistic treadmill
1d
Edited
"... punching is a good strategy for centrist...."
I think one key tenet of Yglesias-thought could be summarized as:
the advantage to centrists of having a ready supply of hippies for punching does not outweigh the disadvantage to the national party of having punchable hippies as its most visible public face.
1d
Edited
"... punching is a good strategy for centrist...."
I think one key tenet of Yglesias-thought could be summarized as:
the advantage to centrists of having a ready supply of hippies for punching does not outweigh the disadvantage to the national party of having punchable hippies as its most visible public face.
The case for parliamentary cities
In the past I have given credit where it was due to Eliezer Yudkowsky for not explicitly advocating violent solutions to the problems with AI development that by his own admission only he and a few other (mostly nontechnical) people see on the horizon
He crossed that line today https://t.co/zk1ylhFfNG