Friday, June 13, 2025

Unknown Good News, Denied Bad News, Useful Interesting News

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1. From economist Jason Furman , real hourly wage growth has been much better for everyone in the United States over the past quarter cent...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Not all Effective Altruists

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Picking up from yesterday , I obviously have to point out that Lewis Bollard and team at Open Philanthropy are doing great work .  And many...
Monday, June 9, 2025

Why I'm not an EA, short updated version

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Two quick reasons:  “Effective Altruists,” as math-following utilitarians, would torture a person so that N people could experience the tin...
Sunday, June 8, 2025

Sunday Funnies: The World's Smallest Cult

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I recently talked with a young couple who are new donors to One Step for Animals .  Paraphrasing, they were part of a "Go Vegan or Go E...
Friday, June 6, 2025

50 Years

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I say the below (and other posts like it) not to be the old man yelling "Kids these days!" but to encourage perspective and grati...
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

ChatGPT, the Greatest Philosopher

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Here Pre-script: After I put the below together, I had a medical diagnosis conversation with ChatGPT. In their response, they asked clarify...
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Monday, June 2, 2025

Just Pretty Cloud Pictures from Arizona Summer 2022

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Sunday, June 1, 2025

Sunday Funnies:

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 Goes with this Simpsons clip
Friday, May 30, 2025

Anger and Resentment - A Unified Theory of American Politics

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2016: the "liberal" media doing their best to take Hillary down. The elections during my life (and at least a bit before) have bee...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

AI isn't the problem. HI is.

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Found the above after I hit "publish" on the below. Also found this one , a comedic counterpoint to the below. If you don't fo...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

We interrupt this blog for the *Real* High Holy Day

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Hanging today, originally created in 2004. <!!!!> Marriage weekend, 1992 Following our official marriage ceremony "In the photo, ...
Monday, May 26, 2025

Photos, The Big 3-0, and Good News

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From Vox, which has become the place for the most left-wing, doomer take on everything, Bryan Walsh offers " Good News ": While ou...
Sunday, May 25, 2025

Sunday Funny: A Sound Coping Strategy

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It is funny 'cuz it's true.  
Friday, May 23, 2025

Idiot or Fanatic?

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You know where to find that quote. (Below is basically a rehash of this post .) Several people I know badmouth alcohol as "poison....
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Joe Rogan Is a Bad Human Being (but Science Is Good)

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Science saved my life, 2017 version . Science has made our lives better , cancer edition. Steven Pinker pointed out a crazy stat: about 100 ...