A group of 5 to 9 people writing under the pseudonym of Noah Smith
Jan 31, 2019 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Running battles with podcasters in the streets of the capital city, molotovs thrown, fires on the horizon, I don my gas mask as I check iTunes
Crouching in an entryway, reloading my RPG-29 as Planet Money drones from the loudspeakers
Dec 31, 2018 • 10 tweets • 1 min read
Bernie Sanders Facts
Bernie's tears cure cancer. But he doesn't use them for that purpose, because curing cancer is the government's job.
May 6, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
1/OK, here is a thread for all the cultural traditionalists, masculinists, MRAs, incels, and assorted other male detractors of sexual modernity.
It's time to debunk the idea that sexual modernity is winner-take-all for men.
2/The standard (but incorrect) argument is that modern society results in a few lucky men (the "Chads") sleeping with all the women, while the median man is forced to go celibate, or close to celibate.
Apr 28, 2018 • 24 tweets • 5 min read
1/OK, so, @noahpinion, being a complete jerk, offloaded the job of responding to this Robin Hanson post about sex redistribution onto Yours Truly.
So here we go...
2/Basically Hanson asks "If you want to redistribute money, why not redistribute sex too?"
Here is the quotey-quote:
Feb 1, 2018 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
1/Here's a brief thread about the American alt-right, and how they think.
Understanding the mindset of the alt-right is a very difficult task. It's like understanding an alien intelligence. But I think I've gleaned a few insights.
2/There were always racists in America. And there were always people worried that Hispanic immigration, etc. would dilute our national culture.
So why the fury now, especially when Hispanic immigration, and immigration in general, have fallen so much?
