Insurers aren't the main villain of the U.S. health care system
A repost from the Noahpinion archive.
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Roundup #83: I told you so!
Piketty gets wacky; Tokenmaxxing fails; Trump, drones, and Ukraine; Tariffs on China, again; India's growth; Borjas again
Why Europe should put up trade barriers against Chinese goods
There are benefits far beyond protectionism.
I'm kind of over the whole "Anti-monopoly" movement
The struggle against excessive corporate power needs better standard-bearers.
How much more software do we really need?
Probably a lot, but not necessarily the kinds people have made money on so far.
The way we treat pigs is a sin
The practice of "crating" is torture, plain and simple. Voters want to end it, but Congress might not let them.
America needs liberal nationalism back
The most successful ideology of the 20th century is still right for the 21st.
Your future job will be to keep AI on task
The one thing humans will always be comparatively good at is knowing what we want.
Are you tired of the Trump era yet?
Every few weeks there's a new disaster that would have sunk any other president.
America is heading for a debtpocalypse
But if we act now, we can avert disaster.
Roundup #82: Staring in wonder at the world
Crime; ICE raids; AI hate; Oligarchy; AI math; Small businesses; Neoliberal Claude; Slacker AGI; The Technium
All non-drone militaries are obsolete
All warfare is drone warfare now.
Dating advice for men
Don't believe the incel stuff. Romance is very possible for regular, average men.
Yes, Europeans are poorer than Americans
Comfortable, leisurely, pleasant stagnation is just not good enough for the modern age.
Trump actually started to decouple America from China
The "economic divorce" between the two countries is proceeding slowly, but it is proceeding.
Tyrants are losing wars
Ruthlessness and machismo will only get you so far in a technological world.
Do billionaires earn their money?
That's probably the wrong question.
Barack Obama was a successful President
A repost, because I'm annoyed.
Could development economics be more useful?
What's really needed is humility.
AI's big messaging pivot
Some top AI leaders now say their technology will create jobs. Should we believe them?
