A blistering critique from Mike Shellenberger:
For more than a decade, the media, Democrats, and Hollywood have told us that Western civilization in general and the United States in particular are white supremacist, genocidal, and unsustainable. The founding of America occurred not in 1776 but rather in 1619 with the… pic.twitter.com/jD4f0Mq3oo
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) January 10, 2025
Is it really a threat to the future of humanity?
Not in my opinion.
This is long overdue. As Robert Shipley notes, in theory this might lower standards, but I think that in practice, many of the standards are unnecessary (particularly since the wokification of medical education). I’ve never been impressed by doctors myself qua doctors.
Make the media pay.
[Update a while later]
What will you miss the least about Joe Biden?
I can’t wait another two and a half weeks, when I can start not missing anything about him.
[Update a couple minutes later]
“I can’t wait for all that Biden ‘decency and dignity’ to go away.”
Bob Zimmerman lays out the highs and the lows.
It really is amazing, and it’s about to become much more so.
Thoughts from Robin Hanson.
…are starting to realize their entire industry is worthless.
There are certainly some things of value, but they may be offset by all of the negative value.
There are people who don’t have three days of canned food? We could go a month, not because we’re survivalists, but because we shop at Costco. Maybe it’s a European thing?
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she had stocked up on canned food to last three days in the event of a possible Russian cyberattack.
— Clash Report (@clashreport) December 27, 2024
She urged all Danes to also follow the recommendations of the Danish Emergency Management Agency. pic.twitter.com/byFGvwcZhL
Thoughts from Eric Raymond:
Today's big beef is between tech-success maximizers like @elonmusk and MAGA nationalists who think the US job market is being flooded by low-skill immigrants because employers don't want to pay competitive wages to Americans.
— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) December 26, 2024
To be honest, I think both sides are making some…
The “climate crisis” fanatics continue to ignore the evidence.