Why do we give economists such an easy ride?

Covering car parks with solar panels is a hell of a lot more logical than plastering them over prime agricultural land.

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We really have no idea at all. Except Tony Seba has been predicting this for 10 years. It is happening and we should be celebrating this remarkable progress. But no, we must be naughty bad children with no future [insert graph of carbon used to make a solar panel etc]

Didn’t know Obama was on the UBI bandwagon. Only bit to challenge is the idea that automation will take jobs. That won’t happen unless & until there is a UBI of any level. Meanwhile the exploitative survival economy creaks on wasting lifetimes of talent

This will be my only post about identity politics which I believe is a distraction because it says nothing about the underlying economics: The Trans issue - which affects 0.6% of all people should not command so much space in our headlines. Or heads bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

This was one of those sublime, unexpected turns where two brilliant artists aligned perfectly. I heard that Gervais said after it he'd asked for something 'sort of Life on Mars-like' to which Bowie replied, 'Oh, so you just want me to rustle up a fuckin' Life on Mars for you?'

Congratulations @Spacex! It brought tears to my eyes. A triumph of engineering!

You have to be an absolute curmudgeon to not be proud of the human race at moments like this (the miserable Guardian is though). Musk is an engineering leader. Personally wish he was not such a political dick but this is well worth celebrating.

Well said. Btw the way if you loathe all of the things that Musk has touched just because his behaviour in other areas is suspect (perhaps even dangerous) then I've got some bad news for you about Michael Jackson's music. Let alone the Catholic church

I have toured the SpaceX Starlink manufacturing facility and was honestly blown away by the human ability to create, and the many diverse intelligences and skillsets required to do the near impossible. Yesterday’s SpaceX accomplishment speaks to the emergent possibilities of

“UK inflation fell unexpectedly to 1.7%” Not a surprise to anyone who knows how money is created. ‘Sound’ money zealots think you can’t get deflation with fiat money. We’re heading that way & it’s got nothing to do with Reeve’s concocted ‘black hole’ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

This doesn't fit the miserable 'naughty humans should go extinct' narrative of the left, so we're not allowed to celebrate any progress. And no, it's not all been outsourced to China. See the comments for more.

As solar panel production has become more energy efficient, the amount of time that they need to operate to recoup the energy invested in the panel's construction has fallen markedly from ~8 years in the 1990s, to 2-3 years in the 2010s, and is now closing in on ~1 year.

We have an economic culture that can forecast this badly, be completely wrong, double down & use all it's influence to try cause one anyway in a childish stamping of feet at the lack of a recession (David Sacks) & then trust that it'll all be forgotten for next time. And it is

Alternative name for this Saturday's show is: 'Welcome to the Reeves Roasting'

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16 telltale signs you're cynically pandering to people's insecurities about their status in order to sell advertising.