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I think there are many arguments against AOC's comments, but I agree that PG here is misrepresenting her point. I don't think anyone reading PG's blog is clueless about the power o…

The term "validity" is thrown around a lot but there's no universal measure of psychometric validity. In simple terms, something is valid if it's predictive of something else that …

The app measures more than 2 genders but there's not enough sample to draw any conclusions.

That's a really powerful self-discovery. Obviously some people are more introverted than others, but introversion has more to do with how we handle (over)stimulation than it does d…

The differences between men and women are usually not as dramatic as standup comedy and television make them out to be. The differences aren't dramatic, but they are statistically …

Yeah - my apologies. Should have linked to the underlying paper, which is what I based the title on.

I seriously wonder whether there will be a cultural rebellion against the digitization of our lived experiences. It seems like everyone (even the youngest who grew up in a fully di…

I was a management consultant ages ago and worked on large capital projects. In my experience (as the article mentions) it was a mix of: 1. Red tape & public "input" 2. Layers of c…

I respectfully disagree. A lot of the capital projects mentioned in this article (like NYC subway station) are municipal or state projects, which don't have the ability to print mo…

There's a lot that's not going right for Europe, but it's interesting to see that two things in the US have really stunted the middle class: student loans and monetization of real …

Buzzfeed really feels like an "ends justify the means" kind of business. Cheap, tabloid news funding "real" journalism. There's merit to the idea, but under the financial pressure …

It's a shame that the most nefarious companies succeed over and over again.

The whole book of essays is incredible. He wrote this just a few weeks after 9/11. I'm amazed it was published at the time. https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/david-foster-wallac…

The "only" thing left? Housing/land has long been the most durable store of value in history and that wont change. It's not as liquid as Crypto and requires laws to enforce private…

I don't know if "% of total returns" is a fair metric. As a percentage of market cap, they still dominate the S&P500. Not to mention every asset manager has to own them otherwise t…

I struggle with any article that uses the word "never." We use black (or near to it #101010) on our mobile app. It's great for usability and makes select use of colors standout.

So much hate. Whether or not it has legs, it's an interesting proof of concept. Reminds me of the early days of internet where people weren't afraid to explore crazy ideas.

Not to mention, as the author mentioned, there's a (likely) scenario that pure cloud providers become a low-margin commodity. We've already seen this play out. Even with lock-in, t…