Thoughts from Robin Hanson.
Leaders In Higher Ed
…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.
A Massive Civil Rights Victory
Looks like we’re on the verge.
NEW: Marc Andreessen reveals how Trump's DOJ appointee, Harmeet Dhillon, is poised to demolish corporate DEI policies.
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) December 28, 2024
🔥🔥🔥
Dhillon, a fierce critic of woke corporate culture, is now leading the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
"The Justice Department's Civil… pic.twitter.com/mqMAJg1Ybb
Jimmy Carter
RIP. I’d have a lot to say, but for now, de mortuis nil nisi bonum.
[Update while later]
I’m watching the Packers/Vikings game (rooting for Green Bay to get the division championship for the Lions), but Ed Driscoll has a lot of links.
[Monday-morning update]
The under- and over-appreciated Jimmy Carter.
And there is no love lost from Sarah Hoyt.
[Update a while later]
He was a terrible president, and a worse former president.
Three Days?
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
Complicated Plots
Another is the cover up of the Biden crime family, about which half the country remains ignorant.
The Cult Of The Keffiyeh
It’s ignorant, ostentatious support of anti-Semitism and terrorism, by people who don’t know the name of either the river, or the sea.
Tech, And Immigration
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…
Climate Research
The “climate crisis” fanatics continue to ignore the evidence.
The Year In Review
Is there any chance that next year will be less crazy? Or are we still in the middle of Heinlein’s Crazy Years?