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27 August

Jerusalem DemsasKorrents 27 Aug

From one piece The Opening Argument 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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The problem with modern solitude is the negative and extremist nature of the content being consumed.

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The problem is not that we're alone a few more hours a week than we used to be; it's that for hours and hours a day, whether we have vibrant social lives or not, we are subject to an unending stream of negativity and extremism.

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Interventions that increase socialization without changing social media consumption are unlikely to address broader societal dysfunctions.

social media

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But interventions that seek to increase socialization without changing how much bleak social media content we consume are unlikely to do very much about our broader dysfunctions.

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26 August

Jerusalem DemsasKorrents 26 Aug

From one piece The Opening Argument 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Having private actors take on housing development risks is better than expecting the government to build millions of homes.

governmenthousing

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Having private actors take on this risk themselves is actually better than expecting the government to build anywhere from 4 million to 20 million new homes.

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The era of cheap borrowing has ended, making large-scale government housing investments difficult.

governmenthousing

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The era of cheap borrowing has come to an end. If the government wants to make large capital investments or spin up brand-new programs, it will have to either raise a lot of taxes (in the middle of a de facto tax revolt) or else borrow even more money, putting existing programs like Medicare or Social Security at risk.

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The politics of interest groups act as a significant barrier to solving the U.S. housing supply crisis.

Americahousingpolitics

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the politics of interest groups are an important barrier to overcome the U.S.' housing supply crisis.

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20 August

Jerusalem DemsasKorrents 20 Aug

From one piece The Opening Argument 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Hostility to elites only explains a small part of electoral outcomes.

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There are many ways to interpret these findings all together, but my interpretation is that hostility to elites only explains a small part of electoral outcomes.

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The public's perception of elites is based on a correlation with people who hold positions one dislikes.

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We discovered a strong correlation between elites and "people who hold positions I don't like."

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18 August

Jerusalem DemsasKorrents 18 Aug

From one piece The Opening Argument 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Politics should not be the place where people find meaning.

politics

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But where I depart from Murphy's call for meaning-making is that politics isn't where people should find meaning.

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Different people can reason well and still arrive at very different beliefs.

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But a large part of our disagreement comes from the fact that different people, reasoning well, often end up believing very different things.

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A community with the power to punish economic offenses may eventually use that power in other realms of life.

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But it's also not an accident that a community with enough coercive power to punish someone for charging a lot for nails ends up using that coercive power in other realms of life as well.

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30 July

Jerusalem DemsasKorrents 30 Jul

From one piece The Opening Argument 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Homeownership can act as a drag on financial security by making it harder to migrate to better job markets.

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Owning a home makes it much harder to leave your region if you need to. When you lose your job - or just want a new one - homeownership acts as a drag.

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A home is an asset that is likely to perform poorly exactly when a person needs it most due to its correlation with local labor market shocks.

AI and jobs

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As a result, instead of an asset that's there for you when other things are going poorly, a home is an asset that is likely to perform poorly exactly when you need it not to.

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Treating a leveraged, nondiversified, illiquid asset as the universally correct foundation for personal financial security is an irresponsible public message.

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It is an irresponsible public message to treat a leveraged, nondiversified, illiquid asset as the universally correct foundation for personal financial security.

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16 July

Jerusalem DemsasKorrents 16 Jul

From one piece The Opening Argument 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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The structure of power in American politics often cleaves along lines that have nothing to do with being a billionaire.

Americapolitics

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And when I consider the structure of power in American politics, it often cleaves along lines that have nothing to do with being a billionaire.

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Wealthy donors use their resources to amplify the voices of people they like rather than purchasing specific beliefs.

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Usually, they are not purchasing beliefs, rather they are amplifying the voices of people who they like.

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There is no unified billionaire class that decides elections and gets its way whenever it throws money around.

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There is no unified billionaire class that decides elections and gets its way whenever it throws money around.

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23 June

Jerusalem DemsasKorrents 23 Jun

From one piece Why is it so hard for liberals to take the W? 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Liberal norms intended to prevent overconfidence can cause people to underweight conclusions that are actually true.

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The norms that guard relentlessly against overconfidence don't actually help with the opposite problem of excessive doubt. In fact, they can actually hurt, causing people to end up underweighting a conclusion that is actually true.

Why is it so hard for liberals to take the W?theargumentmag.com
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The most difficult barrier to housing growth is that decision-making is heavily decentralized.

housing

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The most difficult barrier to growth is that decision-making on housing is heavily decentralized, so even if you do get state action, localities have infinite tools at their disposal to delay implementation or create an inhospitable environment for developers.

Why is it so hard for liberals to take the W?theargumentmag.com
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The YIMBY movement has transformed American housing politics for the better.

Americahousingpolitics

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The YIMBY movement has transformed American housing politics for the better.

Why is it so hard for liberals to take the W?theargumentmag.com

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