Favorite Rejects 2023-02-17
In the long run everyone will find themselves defending Yglesias over some banal, clearly correct take that has angered sociopaths for no good reason.
adastroworld @adastroworld
Still can’t believe I took more shit yesterday over license plates than this article I spent days steeling myself for cancellation over.
Remember that the “sure, salaries are lower, but the quality of life in Europe is much higher” line is cope for self-inflicted economic stagnation. 15 years ago they were riding high on Euro integration/trade and talking openly about exceeding US GDP/cap and replacing the dollar.
Neutral mediators are overrated!
Instead, you might want hostile mediators (as long as they equally are hostile to both parties). This paper shows that this can make the mediator into a common enemy for both parties, and actually makes them more likely to come to agreement.
It’s very upsetting that AI technology has advanced to the point where the philosophy of mind classes I took in college have become professionally relevant.
Maybe it's just me but I'm not quite sure any random person should be able to drive this on city streets.
I'm 5'8" for context.
To me this seems good, but it probably only works if cars are required to have license plates which is basically fascism so let’s not bother.
Ben Furnas @bfurnas