One of the underrated tricks of democracy is that it allows people to assent to change without compromising their principles

Just heard an argument that "landlords" should be called "housing providers" because the former sounds bad. On reflection, maybe we should learn into this and call ISPs "internetlords" etc

Wolfram is the most correct about AI person living imo

This would explain the drastic rise in allergies over the last few decades: Feedback loop: - Some kids are born allergic - More awareness of this > less exposure - less exposure causes emergent allergies - More awareness > decrease exposure > ...

I've listened to hundreds of In Our Times. They've covered every kind of famous person imaginable. Except actors. I can't remember a single IOT about an actor.

Rank historicism

Clear as day availability bias. People overestimate how likely civil war is in the open societies and underestimate how likely it is everywhere else

In matters of civilisation, the only thing that makes things inevitable are thinking they're inevitable

I bet the JFK files show incompetence and corruption rather than conspiracy

Prediction: Typos will be an indication of manual effort and therefore a status thing as AIs saturate our communication