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Glad to see that AGM is back. I'm still surprised that he was hired by Apple (one of the world's most secretive companies), after disclosing so many secrets of a former employer. A…

And Twitter turned me into an a*hole. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Freddie DeBoer has written about this repeatedly, including in his latest post: https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/education-week-review-o... Briefly: many educational institutio…

I agree with this. The SEC cracks down on amateur inside-traders, because the professionals no how to cover their tracks: they have the resources to fight it in court; and the smar…

For those who have not read the piece yet, the starting paragraphs of Part 3 are especially good: > In certain young people today like these two from my writing workshop, I notice …

But there are results for "tank man" tienanmen: https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=%2b%22tank+man%22+tiena...

I have experience with party rounds. There are tradeoffs between them and rounds with a traditional lead. The problem is that the advantage of the party round is early, while the a…

> The company turned itself on its head by shutting down all discussion on the topic. Maybe. Or maybe the company was already turned on its head due to the internal conversation. S…

> there exists diffuse but consistent behavior I think that is possible and that one could prove it statistically. I do not think that, just because such behavior can be shown to e…

> Ones entire interpretation of these issues relies on whether or not one believes racism exists as a structural problem or not. I think you are right that that belief shapes how w…

> With that framing, the perception of whether the list was racist does matter as it explains their motivation. I don't think we know their true motivation. Anyone can claim to per…

I think my assertions stack up pretty well with the facts. The names list hasn't been clearly established as racist. If you have 10 times the European names as you have Asian names…

What do you want businesses to do? Should they all commit meaningful resources and capital to social justice? What about climate change? Should they also commit meaningful capital …

This dynamic is playing out in thousands of companies and startups across the US. Many people in the US, the woke, have redefined "white supremacy" and "racism" to mean most inequa…

People who love Bret Victor's work and thought should know that he is also part of this effort.

The journalist didn't need a deal. His prestige increased because he was publishing scoops.

This has been discussed below. The reporter was giving Peltz non-public information about the stories he was going to publish, which allowed Peltz to better time his trades. The in…

Tying insider trading to a Bloomberg reporter is very rare, although it has happened before, and I linked to one instance above. Because it is rare, it is newsworthy, particularly …

I don't think they are prosecuting Peltz for getting the information from the reporter. They are prosecuting him for this: "Peltz obtained material nonpublic information about the …

Thanks, I should have included that up top, but can't edit now. I think the key words there are "just prior to." Other material information is that the story would be published at …

I don't think I do. To me it looks like some last-minute greed. He would have been smarter to keep his transactions further from the scoop. But as I said, the nearness in time only…

That is logically plausible. An insider purchase that occurs minutes ahead of a market-moving event is merely circumstantial evidence, but it is very strong circumstantial evidence…

From the story: > Peltz bought Ferro stock via others’ accounts, culminating with his last purchase at 9:37 am on March 15, 2016, according to the indictment. > Around six or seven…

An inside trader in the UK was also shown to be exchanging information with Bloomberg News's reporters: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/the-mystery-millionaire-who-haun... What's not b…