No more "both sides are bad" for me. "A political movement that leaves people alone to make awful medical decisions and panders to anti-vaxx sentiment can have devastating consequences, but it’s compatible with some form of human life as we remember it... COVID hysteria isn’t."
What I've learned from my public writings and the reaction to it: "while the marketplace of ideas mostly rewards partisans who are comfortably part of a political tribe, there is unmet demand for higher quality analysis."
On achieving optimal levels of rudeness. "I suspect that there’s actually a tradeoff, as people who tend to be right about a lot are often jerks, and academics who are wrong about everything always seem to be complimenting each other for being stunning and brave"
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No SAT or ACT required at Harvard through 2026! Seems like a watershed, transition from a system that combines meritocracy and politics to one completely political. Hopeful this pushes the competent away from education and toward the market. Exciting. washingtonpost.com/education/2021…
“Their applications will be considered on the basis of what they have presented, and they are encouraged to send whatever materials they believe would convey their accomplishments in secondary school and their promise for the future.” Send whatever you feel like, what a system!
“More than 90 percent of schools on U.S. News & World Report lists of top 100 liberal arts colleges and top 100 universities nationwide are not requiring scores for admission this year.”
A good piece of evidence that neither China nor Russia is aggressive is that they live right next to each other but get along. Why? Because they mind their own business and aren't seeking permanent revolution abroad, hence tension with the US. reuters.com/world/china/ru…
Great powers not interfering in one another's affairs is historically how you get peace. Russian and Chinese concerns abroad are limited and based on specific historical grievances. The US sees itself as the moral arbiter of everything in the world, so unusually aggressive.
People can only say this stuff with a straight face if they know little about American foreign policy and the death and destruction it causes. Even put aside the wars, go Google "humanitarian effects of US sanctions."
“Hopefully sometime before China takes Taiwan, Putin takes Ukraine, and Iran develops the Bomb, the United States will reject Acceptance of her eclipse and embrace her own supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour.” Lol, what is this drivel? quillette.com/2021/12/04/the…
“Discover your martial vigor and make sure Taiwan remains the beachhead of feminism and LGBT in Asia. What kind of a man are you?”
Stop “naval-gazing” about things like the history of your country and what your children are taught in school. Taiwan has a woman president! Protect the Middle East monarchies! Fighting for these things is your path to greatness
Groundbreaking work. AI predicted higher crime rates in black, Hispanic and poorer areas. How intelligent could an AI system be if it thinks like that?