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Favorites December 12th 2022

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Dec 13, 2022
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December 2022, Filoli Historic House and Garden
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion
It might seem odd to keep being a techno-optimist after tech stocks crashed and crypto blew up. But the social benefits of technology are not the same as the profits of companies.
noahpinion.substack.comTechno-optimism for 2023What you should be excited about
4:00 PM ∙ Dec 12, 2022
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"the profits of tech companies are not the same as the social benefit of technology — witness how little profit solar manufacturers make, even though solar is changing the world"

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Merlin Mann @hotdogsladies
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4:52 AM ∙ Dec 13, 2022
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I really liked Andor, here’s a review I read recently that really resonated.

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Timothy B. Lee @binarybits
It would honestly be hilarious if trump’s political career came to an end because he failed to follow proper procedures regarding the handling of classified documents.
1:25 PM ∙ Dec 12, 2022
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• There's been a bunch of talk of the "Twitter Files" but the fact is, nothing in them is particularly surprising. However, if you do want something surprising, there's a thread of horrible security practices uncovered by Mudge. Not getting nearly as much coverage because it has no political aspect, but it's really astoundingly stupid stuff.

• Thread summarizing research into how often children get jobs at the same firm as one of their parents. Apparently 29% of Americans work at their parents firm by the age of 30. Amazing how many questions they could answer from the data!

• Short thread on ways in which they'll likely be able to build on the recent fusion breakthrough. TL;DR: much of the tech the NIF lab is using is actually quite old. Lasers have come a long way since 1992.

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