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30 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
OK, time for the second round of polls!
Who is more respected by the general public?
Who is more respected by the general public?
Who is more respected by the general public?

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Noah Smith πŸ‡ Profile picture
29 May
Who is more respected by the general public?
Who is more respected by the general public?
Who is more respected by the general public?
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28 May
1/Let's talk about inflation, and why people don't like it.

noahpinion.substack.com/p/why-do-peopl…
2/Most people don't remember the 70s now, but back then, inflation was the number 1 economic problem on people's minds -- by far!
3/And some folks are starting to look back at that period and ask: Why were people so upset about inflation?

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28 May
Republicans: We should run government like a business.

Me: GREAT, let's borrow a bunch of money to do capital expenditures, just like businesses do!

Republicans: No.
Me: Ahh, you mean let's run the government like a shitty dying sunset business that fires a bunch of workers and pays the money out to shareholders even as it gets competed into oblivion, because it doesn't know how to invest in new technology and grow again.

Republicans: Yes.
Me: ...And while we're at it, you want us to hire a corrupt CEO who embezzles money, bellows at employees, and gropes women...right?

Republicans: Also yes.
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23 May
1/Today's Substack post is sort of a "where we are" review of a lot of the stuff I've written about this year so far.

My big theme in February and March was optimism. Was I too optimistic?

noahpinion.substack.com/p/time-to-temp…
2/First, let's talk about the pandemic -- obviously still the most important problem.

Our vaccination effort started out world-beating. Our rollout was massive and rapid, conquering supply chain issues. And our vaccines work really, really well.

noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-us-vacci…
3/But although cases are still trending downward, vaccination has stumbled.
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23 May
Wait, they're tearing up Yoyogi Park?

NOOOOOOOOOO, this must be stopped!!
Yoyogi Park, by itself, is a better tourist attraction than the entire Olympics.
Sign this petition to help stop it!

I'll write about this soon.

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21 May
1/Let's talk about something calming and uplifting.

Wait...no. Forget about that. Instead let's talk about THE FUTURE OF WAR.

noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-future-o…
2/You know how eventually new technologies get used for every conceivable business application?

Well guess what. They get used for non-business applications too.
3/Let's start with drones.

In a 2014 post I argued that drones would end the age of human dominance of the battlefield...

qz.com/185945/drones-…
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