Pessimists Archive@PessimistsArc
Technology is removing the need for skill in art
11:33 PM · Jan 9, 2023
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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
1:24 AM · Jan 10, 2023
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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
1:30 PM · Jan 10, 2023
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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."
3:41 PM · Jan 10, 2023
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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
5:27 PM · Jan 10, 2023
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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
5:39 PM · Jan 10, 2023
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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
8:16 PM · Jan 10, 2023
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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.
8:40 PM · Jan 10, 2023
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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
12:06 AM · Jan 11, 2023
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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!
1:55 AM · Jan 11, 2023
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Diverse casting vs. "all villains must be white"...who will win? 😂
hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n…
hollywoodreporter.com
Kumail Nanjiani Was Told People Don’t Want to Cast Nonwhite Actors as Villains
3:34 AM · Jan 11, 2023
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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
4:19 AM · Jan 11, 2023
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