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So far I am not finding them very impressive. To be clear, there are many things — big things —…
Question: One common argument against public assistance taking the form of direct cash handouts is that the recipients will use…
1. “Cool people are perceived to be more extraverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open, and autonomous, whereas good people are more…
The vocal opposition of some locals to Jeff Bezos’s marriage in Venice, in line with the reaction against tourism, illustrates…
In India, government jobs pay far more than equivalent jobs in the private sector–so much so that the entire labor…
It is not yet good, but…I nonetheless enjoy it more than regular soccer. Here is another video. The post Robot…
That is my latest column in The Free Press. Here is one excerpt from the middle: I am a fan…
In 2007, Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote an interesting article advocating for what he called “defying the data.” The idea was fairly…
Although alcohol consumption remains high in many countries, causal evidence on its effects at the societal level is limited because…
1. The true populist is for air conditioning? (in French) 2. Microsoft is pursuing medical superintelligence. And some reservations from…