Stephen Saperstein Frug
@stephenfrug.bsky.social
I am writing essays (http://stephenfrug.substack.com) and a mosaic story (https://tinyurl.com/5n8h9a89) & wrote a graphic novel, Happenstance (https://happenstance.thecomicseries.com/)
To be fair there are a lot of lefties who are against all billionaires as a class (“every billionaires is a policy failure“).
I agree with you about needing aggressive redistribution, I should say. And the low quality of real billionaires. But it’s not like Yglesias is reacting to nothing at all
I agree with you about needing aggressive redistribution, I should say. And the low quality of real billionaires. But it’s not like Yglesias is reacting to nothing at all
December 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
To be fair there are a lot of lefties who are against all billionaires as a class (“every billionaires is a policy failure“).
I agree with you about needing aggressive redistribution, I should say. And the low quality of real billionaires. But it’s not like Yglesias is reacting to nothing at all
I agree with you about needing aggressive redistribution, I should say. And the low quality of real billionaires. But it’s not like Yglesias is reacting to nothing at all
Can you explain how you know it's not an order of magnitude smaller? The population today far exceeds that of 1600, which in turn exceeds that of centuries before, etc, so presumably at *some* point the numbers have to start folding back on themselves and shrinking. What am I missing?
December 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Can you explain how you know it's not an order of magnitude smaller? The population today far exceeds that of 1600, which in turn exceeds that of centuries before, etc, so presumably at *some* point the numbers have to start folding back on themselves and shrinking. What am I missing?
I actually think a Revolution with a Revolution might be worth a try, given the track record
December 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I actually think a Revolution with a Revolution might be worth a try, given the track record
Dang. Is Selected Letters the book I want to look for?
December 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Dang. Is Selected Letters the book I want to look for?
Wait, what?
December 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Wait, what?
There's a lot of motivated reasoning:
1. Writers cost money
2. It would save money to fire writers
3. If we believed AI could replace writers it would save us money
THEREFORE AI can replace writers
1. Writers cost money
2. It would save money to fire writers
3. If we believed AI could replace writers it would save us money
THEREFORE AI can replace writers
December 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
There's a lot of motivated reasoning:
1. Writers cost money
2. It would save money to fire writers
3. If we believed AI could replace writers it would save us money
THEREFORE AI can replace writers
1. Writers cost money
2. It would save money to fire writers
3. If we believed AI could replace writers it would save us money
THEREFORE AI can replace writers