It's nonsensical to blame ranked-choice voting here. The problem would be worse for Republicans without it. politico.com/news/2026/10/20…

"It may be AI slop, but it's my AI slop." understandingai.org/p/ai-is-…

Disappointingly ignorant article from the Atlantic. There are rare times like 2009 when a lack of demand hurts the economy. But in general too much spending can cause as many problems (i.e. inflation) as too little. There's no general problem from people saving too much.

Same energy.

This was my 2010 list. A fair amount of overlap, but I would say the libertarian influences have faded over time. Also I now think "Here Comes Everybody" was *way* too optimistic about the Internet.

My nine books. I chose books that actually shaped how I think about the world, not necessarily books that are the best presentation of those same ideas. myninebooks.com/g/72b94d5439…

I mean Pinker's first bullet alludes (and links) to this argument, which seems like a correct argument to me and which Alexander doesn't really address. scottaaronson.blog/?p=6524&r…

Something I don't see discussed that much is that Cybercab is based on an aggressive interpretation of the FMVSS, NHTSA's auto safety regulations. NHTSA could find the Cybercab out of compliance with FMVSS and force Tesla to stop using it. Here's a ChatGPT summary.

I haven't double-checked its math, but ChatGPT thinks the current score is Waymo 5, Tesla 0.