Favorite Rejects 2021-10-09

George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot

Limited liability should be a commercial product, purchased by limited companies from insurers, who can assess the nature and scale of the risk, and charge accordingly. This would elimate at a stroke a large part of the externality problem. More here:

theguardian.comEnough of Carillion culture. Make bosses pay for the carnage they cause | George MonbiotHere’s how to tame corporate power, and prevent ruthless executives from enriching themselves by harming us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Neil Irwin @Neil_Irwin

Endogenous productivity growth in one photograph.

Sam🔔 @sam_a_bell

big crowd and some frustrated customers but it worked pretty well https://t.co/XBBrD3dPwv

Wally Nowinski @Nowooski

You finally really did it. You maniacs. You put GDPR notices in the cars.

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

We now have laser gunships.

9DASHLINE @9DashLine

The AC-130J gunship's first solid state laser weapon has arrived for testing https://t.co/thGofERoi7 The laser system could offer the already super versatile AC-130J a new way to covertly destroy and disable critical targets.