Favorites May 23rd 2023

Paisley Rock, May 2023

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This definitely seems good, it's sort of crazy that we've gone this long with a significant source of the world's animal protein still basically being a form of hunting

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On the other hand, the California Coastal Commission is forcing San Diego to ban outdoor dining near the coast and bring back surface parking instead. So we're in favor of change, but only when that change is 'more parking', apparently.

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Degrowthers try the platitude that 'money doesn't buy happiness' but in the aggregate, it absolutely does. Macroeconomic decisions should be made in the aggregate.

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He gets into a recommended path forward in a follow-up, each of the three proposed arguments seems plausible.

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Threads

• Short thread about preparing for another Cold War. One interesting tidbit, China has fewer than 2000 naturalized citizens total!