Favorite Rejects 2023-01-10

Pessimists Archive @PessimistsArc

Technology is removing the need for skill in art

Ethan Mollick @emollick

"One of the great unacknowledged triumphs of our lifetime" Since 1870, 61 great famines have killed over 100M (half in China, 25% in Europe & Russia, 10% in Africa) Over the past 20 years, famines have become much less deadly thanks to international aid. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… https://t.co/BJfzfnuB84

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Everytime I read a story about troubles in New York City I think “maybe things have gotten so bad that I could afford to live in the neighborhood I grew up in” and … no

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal

Wow

Scott Shafer @scottshafer

NEW: Not waiting for @SenFeinstein to announce her decision, O.C. Dem @RepKatiePorter says she's running for the U.S. Senate in 2024. "California needs a warrior in Washington, and that's exactly why I'm announcing my candidacy for the United States Senate in 2024."

Kevin Kelly @kevin2kelly

In retrospect we'll realize that in 2023 there were no AI experts.

Chris Anderson @chr1sa

You're not alone. Everyone feels behind the curve on AI. Even those who we think are leading. It's just moving so fast that nobody can stay on top of it all

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

China's leaders were surprisingly responsive to the (still pretty modest) protest wave.

William Zheng Wei @zhengwei75

In the first piece of this series, I tried to answer the question of how political and economic pressure led to Beijing’s abrupt U-turn on zero-Covid. https://t.co/eC5vIJ106k

Scott Littlehale @FactChecker23

Gov't statisticians estimate 200k job openings 2021Q1-23Q2 out of 800+k California construction jobs. Ex: Electrical contractors need to fill 21k jobs out of a base of 78k (27%). Electrical apprenticeships enrolled <4,800 last 2 years. Implications ... 1/3

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

To a perhaps surprising extent this is actually *not* how most US cities run their bus systems. slowboring.com/p/american-tra…

Roshan Patel @roshanpateI

I met a startup founder who is building Uber Pool but the cars only go on a city's most popular routes on a predefined schedule. My dude you just invested a bus.

Armand Domalewski @ArmandDoma

It is remarkable that the anti-YIMBY folks on here have zero explanation for how New Zealand basically did SB-827, built tons of housing, and brought home prices down https://t.co/lX5tqNYCwl

Clint Smith @ClintVSmith

record 46,400 new homes built last year incredible. seeing the results in falling house prices, flat rents 184,000 homes built under Labour in just 5 years. 1 in 11 homes in the country were built since Ardern become PM. Biggest building boom in history https://t.co/KuOJ7Box5L

Ethan Mollick @emollick

Why did CEO pay suddenly shoot up starting in the 1980s? This paper argues a big cause was the CEO role became more professionalized & demanding. This meant CEOs could now easily switch between companies, creating a competitive market for executives. The charts tell the story!

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Diverse casting vs. "all villains must be white"...who will win? 😂 hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n…

hollywoodreporter.comKumail Nanjiani Was Told People Don’t Want to Cast Nonwhite Actors as VillainsThe ‘Eternals’ actor suggests the good intentions of progressive-minded Hollywood decision-makers can “sometimes lead to misguided solutions: If the bad guy is a brown guy, what message is that sending?”

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

I was not prepared for NIMBY Burning Man.

Tim Latimer @TimMLatimer

Burning Man going to extraordinary lengths to try to block an important renewable energy project. https://t.co/ojOWxwNEHW