Brendan Dawe@BrendanDawe
At some point, you may have to accept that in the provision of basic human needs that your aesthetic preferences or planning fads might be secondary concerns
6:08 AM · Dec 13, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
One cool thing about inflation is that it partially erases debt.
Linda Yueh @lindayueh
Global debt as a share of output fell by the most in at least 70 years last year, as economies rebounded from their sudden slowdown in 2020 and inflation soared, according to IMF data.
https://t.co/IdutiUJLzA via @financialtimes
7:30 AM · Dec 13, 2022
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Emily Hamilton@ebwhamilton
As absurd as U.S. rail construction costs are, I think the out of control costs of tiny projects like this really make the U.S. infrastructure cost problem hit home
Molly @mollyfleck
Today I learned that installing one single curb bump-out costs $50,000.
3:39 PM · Dec 13, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
There are some good China pieces up on @bariweiss’s new @TheFP site so I know ideologically they can see the potential problem here if a key information channel is run by a guy whose fortune depends on Xi Jinping’s good will. Hope they’ll explore this angle in the future.
4:09 PM · Dec 13, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Again, the investigation was *already under way* when people started complaining that there was no investigation — I believe this case came together unusually quickly for a big white collar case.
Balaji @balajis
No, the state is not the good guy.
Obviously, without the massive outcry, they would have let him continue his Good Morning America tour.
That’s why SBF skated for more than a month after stealing billions.
Only public protest forced arrest. https://t.co/kpXbEL5wwl
4:53 PM · Dec 13, 2022
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L-Ali🔭@LRNZH
Interesting response from @ScottSumnerTMI to @Noahpinion on the senility (Scott) or infancy (Noah) of Macroeconomics.
We can all agree at least that Macroeconomics needs to make progress in leaps & bounds to be more useful.
econlib.org
Is macroeconomics in its infancy? - Econlib
5:36 PM · Dec 13, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Me: The best political messages are boring normie stuff slowboring.com/p/a-lot-of-the…
Them: Health Communism https://t.co/8BI1VFWPjc
Malcolm Harris @BigMeanInternet
My latest column is about an exciting new spectre haunting America: HEALTH COMMUNISM https://t.co/L6D7dOw7gw
6:27 PM · Dec 13, 2022
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Alec Stapp@AlecStapp
Seems like a big policy mistake:
7:21 PM · Dec 13, 2022
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Nate Silver@NateSilver538
Agree with pretty much the whole thread. The "old" Twitter was a nasty place for all types of people based in large part on deliberate choices that Twitter management made. And everyone knew about it and complained about it. Talk that implies these were the good old days is nuts.
Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion
7/Twitter's old management fought against this. They did whatever they could -- including design choices *and* moderation choices -- to keep people who hated and feared each other's ideas in constant close contact, constantly fighting each other, in order to boost engagement.
7:51 PM · Dec 13, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
My one doubt about @slatestarcodex's argument here is it's not totally clear to me what @OpenAI is even trying to accomplish with these easily evaded safety features — do they actually want them to work, or is it deliberately superficial?
astralcodexten.substack.com
Perhaps It Is A Bad Thing That The World’s Leading AI Companies Cannot Control Their AIs
8:29 PM · Dec 13, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
This is how growth works is the thing
8:49 PM · Dec 13, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Voters: I'd be open to voting for a sane, normal Republicans someone who's different from Trump.
Ron DeSantis: Gotcha, an anti-vaxxer, everyone thinks Operation Warp Speed was Trump's biggest failure.
9:37 PM · Dec 13, 2022
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Timothy B. Lee@binarybits
I wish Rubio would frame this as a forced divestiture rather than as a ban. Presumably if a ban is the alternative they'll divest. And if divestiture is the likely outcome it'll get a lot less opposition.
reuters.com
U.S. lawmakers unveil bipartisan bid to ban China’s TikTok
3:36 AM · Dec 14, 2022
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