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hey #NYC: Come out tomorrow to see @WeAreAsGodsFilm at @QuadCinema at 7pm! Great doc on @stewartbrand's incredible life and legacy. By @science24fps & @friendofdurutti. Tix: fandango.com/we-are-as-gods…
My in-depth @reason Interview podcast with @stewartbrand @science24fps @friendofdurutti abt @WeAreAsGodsFilm, a fantastic doc abt founder of Whole Earth Catalog, @longnow, @Revive_Restore, etc. reason.com/podcast/2021/0…
Merry Prankster, impresario of Trips Festival, founder of Whole Earth Catalog, cyberspace evangelist, de-extinction prophet & more, @stewartbrand has much to teach us. See @science24fps & @friendofdurutti's doc @WeAreAsGodsFilm in NYC 8/11 at 7m! fandango.com/we-are-as-gods…

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Jan 3
Prediction: Donald Trump will not be GOP candidate '24. In two elections, he received 46% & 47% of vote, and fatally diminished his standing by his actions after losing in 2020. After @GOP takes back House & Senate in midterms, leaders will cut him loose. pbs.twimg.com/media/FIGrionX…
For those who say Trump (or his base) gets to decide, consider: The Donald's chokehold on his base is already diminishing, with fans booing him because he revealed he got a booster. His role in facilitating vaccines is abt his biggest selling to public at large, yet... 2/x
toxifies him to his base, which boos at his admission of getting a booster. The very thing that could possibly get him 50% of pop vote alienates his base and leads to monumental disses as 'old' and out of it by... 3/x
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Dec 30, 2021
Proposition: What we are facing in America is not a pandemic, or economic malaise, or resurgence of inequality, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, or lack of options, food, shelter, you name it. What we are facing is a crisis of meaning or, if not quite a crisis... 1/x
of meaning, than a prolonged period in which old institutions, mindsets, temperaments, and habits are just delivering what many or most of us need or want to live positive, meaningful, happy lives. God is dead (and not coming back), there is no national narrative... 2/x
that commands a clear majority ore even working consensus, as past narratives, however mythic or incomplete, once did. We could be the Land of the Free or a Nation of Immigrants, even if those were often wishful thinking. Yet what all of us face... 3/x
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Jul 8, 2021
Taxpayers shouldn't be responsible for debts incurred by people this willfully stupid. wsj.com/articles/finan…
'While Columbia is wealthy, it isn’t as wealthy as schools like Yale, limiting the funds available for scholarships, Mr. Bollinger, three Columbia deans and other top university administrators said.' Columbia's endowment was $10.9 billion in 2020. usnews.com/education/best…
'“We were told by the establishment our whole lives this was the way to jump social classes,” he said of an Ivy League education.' In many ways, amazing this guy only owes $331,000.
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Jun 16, 2021
Hey, @RepKenBuck, as neither a swamp-thing or a big-tech bro, I'd like to point out that your legislation is profoundly anti-capitalist and misinformed. Antitrust is not a hedge against big govt, it is typically its purest manifestation. Please read your history.
@RepKenBuck For instance, please read Gabriel Kolko's history of the Progressive Era, esp. wrt railroad regulation. reason.com/2014/05/20/gab…
And @ENBrown's cover story in the latest issue of @reason: reason.com/2021/06/05/the…
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Nov 3, 2020
Yes, there is a comparison to be had. Obama was not particularly good on immigration. That doesn't make Trump good--it means we have had three bad immigration presidents in a row. And Biden will make it four. google.com/amp/s/www.pewr…
1/x Note: The thing I hate most about Trump is his anti-immigrant positions. However when you strip away the rhetoric, he is in various ways not so different from recent presidents. For instance, we still see about 1 million green cards issued a year: dhs.gov/immigration-st…
2/x. Under Trump, apprehensions at the Southwest border are way up, and his policies of separating families (which he didn't originate) was grotesque. pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020…
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