politics needs way more Star Trek Vulcans 🖖

If politicians pay increased attention to a group when they are aggrieved, they incentivize that group to find grievances to get attention.

We should talk more about incentive structures & human psychology. Politics is just downstream from this.

Carney must act: Canada must join Eurovision

🇨🇦 Canada ranks:

🥇 1st in uranium
🥇 1st in potash
🥈 2nd in nickel
🥉 3rd in oil
🏅 5th in gold
💧 1st in freshwater

"Liberals see the world as a battle between victims and oppressors. Conservatives see the world as a battle between civilization and barbarism. Libertarians see the world as a battle between freedom and coercion." - Arnold Kling

Be none of them. Be a Star Trek Vulcan. 🖖

bring back local craftsmanship & aesthetics

my Bluesky feed is so bad, can anyone relate?

Fun Fact: Measuring time in centuries wasn't common until the 18th century in Europe & the U.S.

Before that it was mainly Muslim historians who measured in centuries.

Source: Chinese History: A New Manual, Seventh Edition
Endymion Wilkinson

politicians' salaries should be automatically influenced by how the economy does under their watch.

change my mind.