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noahpinion.blog

Furthermore, vegetarianism, though morally laudable, has an obvious economic limitation — when one person refuses to eat meat, it lowers the price of meat for everyone else, which raises other people's meat consumption and partially offsets the vegetarian's action.
— Noah Smith

20h ago

We accept the verdict of the past until the need of the present voices a demand to the contrary. But when a considerable number of people shall say they do not believe in the verdict of the past, we have reached a time of change.

4d ago

stratechery.com

2026.21: The Data Center Veto

AI, however, depends on data centers in the physical world, and building data centers needs permission. This gives normal people the sort of veto power over AI they didn't have in the face of globalization; I make the case in Monday's Update and on Sharp Tech that understanding this dynamic is more important that trying to correct misinformation, which is a symptom, not a cause, of data center opposition.

1w ago

3quarksdaily.com

How Reform Fails

Redistricting has been mostly a wonkish, back-burner issue, briefly irritating to the public from time to time, but never before commanding the intensity of concern it does now. Right now—with huge amounts of money, political power, and public outrage all focused on gerrymandering—now is when reform can succeed.

2mo ago

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