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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When good policy quietly works, does it deserve credit, and how do you even notice something that never became a crisis?”
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What if Tariffs Are a Good Thing?
I was surprised to find that this podcast made me wonder whether tariffs would actually be really good for the US economy and, more importantly, for midd-class American people.... Economic Class is the biggest discrimination factor today?
Back in my 20s, I used to read Paul Graham and bought into the whole entrepreneur is a magical wizard that takes disproportionate risks and deserves all the wealth and equity they receive. But, that assumed a good social safety net and level playing field.... Mechanism Design for Harm Reduction
I’ve just posted a new paper on SSRN: Mechanism Design for Harm Reduction: Game Theory and Social Choice for Carceral MOUD and Recovery Institutions 👉 Read it here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6173484 The core question: Why do our institutions so often... The Open Question April 8: How do you determine what something's worth?
Hey y'all! This week's open question: How do you determine what something's worth? SpaceX is targeting a valuation of $1.75 trillion. Bhutan measures success by happiness instead of GDP. Close friends of mine are weighing career ambitions against time with their kids...... - Paulleverich...
Natalism
The natalism debate often sounds like four different conversations happening in the same room. One group looks at declining birth rates and sees a long-term civilizational challenge.... Open Question July 22: What's worth fighting to keep, and what should we let go?
Hey y'all, Wars, trillionaires, and AI everything... we're all wrestling with wild change, making decisions to try to hold on, let go, or something else. So this week: What's worth fighting to keep, and what should we let go? Privacy. Reading. Offices. Cash.... - Sassiebrat67...
Shaking My Head...
We are led to believe, no, actually , willing to believe, that for the good of our Nation, as true American Patriots, we must make Concessions, sacrifice our quality of life, because of a lack of funding. I call B.S.... The Open Question Sept 9: Who is a country for? Who decides?
Hey y'all, Let’s bring rigor and reciprocity into a conversation about immigration, trusting that healthy disagreement can be creative in a way sticking to the middle or polarization can’t: Who is a country for? Who decides?... - Raymond703...
Modern “qualified immunity” for police (as applied under 42 U.S.C. § 1983) was not established in the 1930s and is a judicially created doctrine whose constitutional and historical foundations are heavily disputed; it does not “coin” the phrase “and justice for all.” Origins and... Race and IQ
I recently got dinner at a hole-in-the-wall asian spot with a geneticist named Razib Khan. Over noodles, and with a concerned glance over his shoulder, he admitted that the science is clear: race is absolutely tied to IQ. Jews are the smartest.... - johnky...
Who Really Benefited from the Pandemic Housing Boom?
The housing debate often frames investors as the villains of Australia’s affordability crisis. It is easy to point to negative gearing, cheap credit and capital gains concessions and conclude that speculators drove the pandemic bubble and pocketed the windfall.... - Eric Stevens...
An Introduction
My name is Eric Stevens I want to be clear about who I am and why I am here. I recently published my book, Evolution Mine: Genesis. You can read it for free here: https://nowweevolve.com/view-the-book I made it free on purpose. The idea matters more than the money.... - Kevinnj...
May I see Your ID Please.
AT the top,l et me say I pride myself as being what I call a common sense Centrist, I think good governance is good governance simple as that. I think Its Good for Gvt to defend our country, pave our roads, help people recover from disaster, provide Limited help to people who... Canada Chooses Higher Costs and Lower Access - Tariffs Hit After a Decade of Weak Growth
Retaliatory duties of 15 to 50 percent now apply to $27.6 billion in United States goods Prime Minister Mark Carney released a video address the same day. He said the American tariffs will hurt some Canadians. He said that would not be easy and he would not pretend otherwise.... - dave...
In Australia we have compulsory voting. You get fined if you don’t vote. I think that came from a belief that we’re pretty apathetic and might not engage with the system otherwise. This isn’t always a clear win.... - tommy...
The pros/cons of alarmism are interesting. I think that if the argument is framed as "global warming is fake" or "it’s too late we’re fucked", the reaction is the same: indifference, inaction.... yeah I love this. I think we actually agree on many things here, and I touched on a lot of this in my replies to Blake elsewhere in this thread, eg. one of the most basic functions of government is to outsource violence so no one has to do it as a matter of course.... - johnky...
I prefer to think of IP law as a system designed to incentivise the creation and dissemination of works that are valuable to others. I've never been comfortable with the framing that its primary function is to grant authors or inventors “moral rights” over their work, as though... PS: apologies if my words were a bit harsh, I see that your questions were well intended and sincere. It's great to try to find nuance and to understand different perspectives, but that falls short when assessing the impact of this concrete policy....