Books
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Icarus to AI: Will Humanity Fly Too High?
Yuval Harari’s ‘Nexus’ asks if we should restrict the evolution of artificial intelligence, given that it cannot be easily reversed.
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Adam Smith on Why Executioners Are So Well Paid
Personal preference plays a huge role in labor markets. Even our moral distaste can be priced.
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How Vox Changed Its Mind About Volunteering
Our cynicism and helplessness may feel unprecedented, but the prescription for a meaningful life is an old one: focus on what you can control.
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Village and River at the Poker Table
Our political and philosophical tribes may come down to how well we calculate risk.
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The Religious Idiocy of ‘Limitarianism’
“To pretend that you can have all the riches of the modern world and eliminate the ability for anyone to become wealthy is a sure sign of someone who has no understanding of how all this wealth was generated in the first place.” ~James Hartley
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Principles are the Antidote to Politics
“Jefferson understood that those who cannot even control themselves should hardly seek to control others.” ~Barry Brownstein
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Break Out of Bad Therapy: Gen Z’s Road to Resilience
“A confused society cannot coalesce upon what a ‘fact’ even is, much less a vision of the common good.” ~Katelyn Shelton
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How to Really End ESG
“It’s incumbent upon ESG critics to advocate an alternative vision, not merely to fall in line with convention.” ~Russell Greene
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Overhaul for the Uninsured?
“Full reliance on a public budgeting system for providing access to medical care is a certain prescription for millions of disappointed patients.” ~James C. Capretta
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Interventions, Easy Money Run Amok
“An obvious set of perverse incentives simply stimulate more risk-taking by corporate management and investment firms in the future, resulting in even bigger future bailouts down the road. At a certain point this strategy of holding the wolf by the ears will become untenable.” ~Richard Morrison
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Icarus to AI: Will Humanity Fly Too High?
Yuval Harari’s ‘Nexus’ asks if we should restrict the evolution of artificial intelligence, given that it cannot be easily reversed.
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Adam Smith on Why Executioners Are So Well Paid
Personal preference plays a huge role in labor markets. Even our moral distaste can be priced.
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How Vox Changed Its Mind About Volunteering
Our cynicism and helplessness may feel unprecedented, but the prescription for a meaningful life is an old one: focus on what you can control.
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Village and River at the Poker Table
Our political and philosophical tribes may come down to how well we calculate risk.
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The Religious Idiocy of ‘Limitarianism’
“To pretend that you can have all the riches of the modern world and eliminate the ability for anyone to become wealthy is a sure sign of someone who has no understanding of how all this wealth was generated in the first place.” ~James Hartley
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Principles are the Antidote to Politics
“Jefferson understood that those who cannot even control themselves should hardly seek to control others.” ~Barry Brownstein
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Break Out of Bad Therapy: Gen Z’s Road to Resilience
“A confused society cannot coalesce upon what a ‘fact’ even is, much less a vision of the common good.” ~Katelyn Shelton
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How to Really End ESG
“It’s incumbent upon ESG critics to advocate an alternative vision, not merely to fall in line with convention.” ~Russell Greene
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•
Overhaul for the Uninsured?
“Full reliance on a public budgeting system for providing access to medical care is a certain prescription for millions of disappointed patients.” ~James C. Capretta
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•
Interventions, Easy Money Run Amok
“An obvious set of perverse incentives simply stimulate more risk-taking by corporate management and investment firms in the future, resulting in even bigger future bailouts down the road. At a certain point this strategy of holding the wolf by the ears will become untenable.” ~Richard Morrison