I have to admit when the algorithm decided that suit guy would be a permanent main character here, I didn't like the idea. But I have learned a lot. Suit guy belongs.

I don't understand. OJ was found innocent in a court of law.

The substack post on the book industry is really harrowing. The volume of books we get every year is a very fragile thing.

You love to see it

One of these is not like the others:

'I mentioned Bruce Springsteen. We’ve also published Bob Dylan and Linda Ronstadt, a lot of entertainers through the years… There was a political writer, Ben Shapiro'

elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-…

roughly a year later and i still think about this Adam Ozimek tweet time to time. has some bearing on our politics

This clip is so good - it captures what I think our relationship will be w/ even very capable AI: they'll propose & we'll dispose.

Information good creation (as opposed to distribution) has gotten very cheap. The scarce complement to that is human judgment as to what is

Minutes ago, the FTC approved a rule banning new noncompete agreements for all workers going forward and rendering most existing ones unenforceable.

I've been working on this issue for years and want to offer a few thoughts.
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ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

This is a sitcom premise

Ideally we’d send this list off to stakeholders in critical industries and have them rank the top 10 greatest regulatory barriers in order.

There’s no efficient market for policy work, but it would at least establish a priority set

Mr Beast deserves his fame. Happy for him

Last few weeks have been very unchanging time in betting markets. Either what has happened over the last few weeks doesn't matter for the election (or was priced in or markets are underestimating)

Very excited about a new paper from Jordan Schneider and Arrian Ebrahimi on the R&D agenda for CHIPS

The National Semiconductor Technology Center has received a lot less attention than the big manufacturing subsidies, but it has the potential to be the most impactful part of CHIPS

Why did rents increase in large cities even as populations fell?

NYC Comptroller suggests rents increased even as population fell due to household formation.

New renters had a 8.4% higher rooms per person: but it's 10.9% higher for remote workers
comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/commen…

Going to a state school is a great idea! They deliver significant return on investment while being relatively affordable. Our flagship state universities are some of the crown jewels of American society.
-Proud University of Florida graduate (Go Gators!)

Seattle's MHA experiment on unfunded 'inclusionary zoning' mandates is the worst news for Left-YIMBY hopes that I've seen in my lifetime

Adjust your TFP models up!

Congrats Eli Dourado and everyone else involved in this. Can’t wait to see what they do