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How are these kinds of self-reinforcing systems usually brought down? I doubt some shifts in the opinions of normal people are going to stop the elite flywheel -- there's just not …

You seem to be suggesting that Congress making law is intruding on the power of an agency to make Administrative law? The latter is not (supposed to be) an actual branch of governm…

Idea: let's make it so all emergency powers have to be re-authorized every week by Congress at midnight on Friday with a 90% quorum of physically-present representatives. If "emerg…

"These reforms include currency devaluation..." How does that reduce inflation and cause a surge in bond prices?

Sometimes hard choices need to be made. What's your alternative proposal?

"This ends up being self-fulfilling." Perhaps. But once the expertise is lost, you can't get it back by throwing more money at the problem. You have incompetent people hiring peopl…

"no political will in the US to build publicly-owned transport" There's little faith that public projects have the expertise to actually get it done and make it work. It's hard for…

Are the adaptations healthier?

Maybe some kind of smart network could only allow 911 calls through, and no data? If phones in schools really are bad for kids, it seems like we could probably sort out some of the…

Maybe a dumb idea, but can schools use jamming or shielding?

But the article is about burnout. Surely that can't be great for existing doctors, either?

Renters might be an interesting case. Though in the long term charging at home will be available for renters, too.

Yeah, I've always found that particular argument unconvincing. If road usage grows, that means more people are benefiting, right? There are some fundamental problems with cars crow…

An AI should be helpful to the user, unless it's a horrible question, in which case just don't answer. Bring in whatever values you want along the way. If you ask your aunt or uncl…

What was the blunder? EDIT: had to follow a link and read halfway down to find: > When asked for a “historically accurate depiction of a medieval British king,” the model generated…

In a weird sense smart bombs might be considered construction, in much the same way as a carefully-controlled chisel creates a statue rather than destroying a rock. I'm not making …

I think the point was that code is not inherently limited in the same way as other kinds of engineering. If you tell someone to engineer you the arm for positioning a desk lamp, th…

"All of this makes the future of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles in the United States even more uncertain." I disagree. This news makes the future of hydrogen cars much more certain, j…

And, crucially, you'd generally be around to help fix the website.

Not an expert, but it seems to me that sarcasm is a kind of universal negativity that can be applied to pretty much anything. It's also incredibly vague and ambiguous about whether…

"It’s more accurate to say that happiness is akin to calmness or contentment, the lack of strong emotions." I'm not sure where you got that definition?

We really need a concept of scale when it comes to branding a chemical "toxic". Small amounts for particular purposes are not harmful. Being everywhere may cause some problems.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_... TIL that car fatalities were declining until 2019, and then reversed and are getting worse. What happened in the las…

That leaves the question of why they pay 2x more, then? Maybe fewer road incidents, reducing liability? Like, maybe people who can provide for and spend time with their family have…

"We have no idea where Venus will be exactly [ten] million years from today." I'm trying to figure out what this is supposed to mean. Of course we don't know exactly, but also of c…