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8 Dec

https://twitter.com/atrembath/status/1468649176372158468

This is a good thread, and it's both what I was thinking about when I tied the parklets to broader problems of liberal governance, and worth talking about at a bit more length.

https://twitter.com/atrembath/status/1468649176372158468

A key failure of liberalism in this era is the inability to build in a way that inspires confidence in more building.

Infrastructure comes in overbudget and late, if it comes in at all. There aren't enough homes, enough rapid tests, even enough good government web sites.

I've covered a lot of these processes, and it's important to say: Most decisions along the way make individual sense, even if they lead to collective failure.

If the problem here was idiots and crooks, it'd be easy to solve. Sadly, it's (usually) not.

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4 Dec

It is far, far too early to say anything definitively.

But IF it is true that Omicron is both much more transmissible than Delta, and somewhat less severe, it's going to require a pretty different approach in schools, workplaces, etc.

We're going to need *a lot* more rapid testing, because people will be getting sick too often, and too mildly, to close everything and quarantine everyone every time there's contact with someone positive.

@EricTopol

For more, @EricTopol and @Bob_Wachter's feeds have some early glimmers of encouraging news on severity, while this thread on transmissibility is...unnerving.

If Omicron proves more or even as severe as Delta, it'll be terrifying.

https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1467245887357210624

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30 Nov

I liked this Rowing/Steering/Anchoring/Equity/Mutiny schema from Holden Karnofsky: cold-takes.com/rowing-steerin…

Some thoughts:

I'd like to see a lot more Steering in public debate, by which I mean more detailing of proposed far futures.

There's an opportunity for philanthropists and grant makers here. Journalism and academia undersupply Steering relative to its importance.

I think there's an obvious one Holden misses: Maintenance.

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Ezra Klein

@ezraklein

24 Nov

One underplayed advantage for Substack and subscriber-based sites is how clean the reading experience is. A mixture of advertising, sign-up obsession, and recirculation efforts has made so many sites an awful reading experience.

I don't mean to pick on CNBC, as this applies to lots of sites. But I just went to read something there and...

I've been in meetings deciding whether to add some of these widgets to a page. I've asked for some of them!

All of these decisions make sense on their own. Some are financially necessary. But the reading experience degrades quickly as they add up.

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8 Nov

I managed to miss most of the horrible Paternity Leave Discourse because, well, I'm on paternity leave until January.

But: Parental leave should be universal, and it should be universally taken. And not just so men can be helpmates to their wives, who're doing the Real Work.

Men should take paternity leave because they should care for their children, and experience the love that grows out of caring for their children.

To miss that is to parent (and live) in grayscale, not color.

I've seen a lot of older men who have no idea how to care for babies. They can't change a diaper, they don't know how to quiet a tantrum. They hold the baby for a minute and pass them back. They want to connect and build a relationship, but they can't. It's a lifelong loss.

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12 Oct

Okay, time for some thoughts on "unpopularism," which is the closest I have to a synthesis in this conversation.

In short, the missing piece of popularism is what I’d call agenda control. Agenda control requires controversy. You can’t achieve it if you’re afraid to offend.

The media is attracted to controversy. Controversy requires large or powerful groups to be both opposed ands interested.

Most of the time, that requires some degree of unpopularity in your ideas.

I’m skeptical that polling is that useful a guide to issue popularity, particularly on new issues.

I think it’s more reliable as a guide to which party is favored on broad issue areas, like health care or immigration.

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