Alessandro
@poli.sisti.ca
Posts on public policy (in 🇨🇦 or abroad), humanities, classical music, altruism effective and ineffective. Many silly posts. Toronto-adjacent.
I forgot to ask — did any recent recommendations stand out to you? I'd love to know!
January 22, 2026 at 8:57 PM
I forgot to ask — did any recent recommendations stand out to you? I'd love to know!
I still remember Randall Munroe recommending José de Acosta's 1590 "Natural and Moral History of the Indies", back when the show was at Vox. I really need to get on with reading that one 😅
January 22, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I still remember Randall Munroe recommending José de Acosta's 1590 "Natural and Moral History of the Indies", back when the show was at Vox. I really need to get on with reading that one 😅
Yes! I'm looking forward to Melinda Baldwin's book on the history of peer review and its role in science. In the meantime, one can see the short version here ethos.lps.library.cmu.edu/article/id/38/
Peer Review
ethos.lps.library.cmu.edu
January 22, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Yes! I'm looking forward to Melinda Baldwin's book on the history of peer review and its role in science. In the meantime, one can see the short version here ethos.lps.library.cmu.edu/article/id/38/
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Here’s the really bad part: over time, this dynamic breeds bigger and bigger crises.
Markets keep updating their beliefs about TACO, so it takes ever more extreme actions to convince them he might not TACO.
Buckle up.
Markets keep updating their beliefs about TACO, so it takes ever more extreme actions to convince them he might not TACO.
Buckle up.
January 21, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Here’s the really bad part: over time, this dynamic breeds bigger and bigger crises.
Markets keep updating their beliefs about TACO, so it takes ever more extreme actions to convince them he might not TACO.
Buckle up.
Markets keep updating their beliefs about TACO, so it takes ever more extreme actions to convince them he might not TACO.
Buckle up.
It also harms Canadians' health if we can't get generic drugs approved here. The status quo described in Grant's article, with the ever-lengthening timelines for approval and Health Canada Canada gaming its metrics, is not sustainable.
January 19, 2026 at 3:37 PM
It also harms Canadians' health if we can't get generic drugs approved here. The status quo described in Grant's article, with the ever-lengthening timelines for approval and Health Canada Canada gaming its metrics, is not sustainable.
It's possible. I'm not a woman, but by ~2018 what happened to me is that I was tired of being on devices all the time (I have a white-collar job), and I started craving the experience of print again. Maybe other millennials / Gen X are in my situation
January 17, 2026 at 2:12 PM
It's possible. I'm not a woman, but by ~2018 what happened to me is that I was tired of being on devices all the time (I have a white-collar job), and I started craving the experience of print again. Maybe other millennials / Gen X are in my situation
How many computer users do you know over the age of 70?
January 14, 2026 at 3:49 PM
How many computer users do you know over the age of 70?
”The book also includes an excellent chapter on the mouthpiece”
January 12, 2026 at 2:02 AM
”The book also includes an excellent chapter on the mouthpiece”
I disagree with her thesis, but this part is fair enough
January 11, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I disagree with her thesis, but this part is fair enough
we do? I don't think I've ever thought this
January 11, 2026 at 6:18 AM
we do? I don't think I've ever thought this