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Why Donald Trump won in 2024
Re-upping my election post-mortem, so that we don’t forget.
Oct 11
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Maybe the Rapture is already here
In the future, we’re all heavenbanned.
Oct 9
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There is no “Indian Question”
The actual question is what kind of a nation America is going to be.
Oct 7
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What the AI boom is doing for Americans
It’s not just “of, by and for oligarchs”.
Oct 5
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The second Trump presidency is a world-historic failure
How did Trump fumble so badly?
Oct 3
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Roundup #89: It isn’t X, it’s Y
AI risk; Reindustrialization; The rent crisis; AI and jobs; Mass deportation; Chinese investment; Cyber risk
Oct 1
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September 2026
Stop spending money on smaller classes
We’ve spent decades raising teacher quantity when we should have been raising quality.
Sep 28
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Where’s the “intelligence explosion”?
Ramez Naam gives a skeptic’s take on Recursive Self-Improvement.
Sep 27
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Four eras of San Francisco tech culture
An anthropological reflection.
Sep 25
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No, you are not on Indigenous land
A repost from 2024.
Sep 24
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The problem(s) with utilitarianism
Our favorite moral philosophy is about to come under increasing strain.
Sep 22
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How we can beat China
The trick is to let them beat themselves.
Sep 20
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