Remarkable and high-quality Swedish study: If men win the lottery, they marry and have children. If women win the lottery, their fertility does not rise. (Indeed, low-income women get divorced.) You might think more resources means more kids. Yes with men, not with women.

It’s important to remember that the most iconic dystopian fiction is not a vision of the future or an insight into the darkest tendencies of human nature. The most iconic dystopian fictions are specifically insights into the nature of the British. Orwell was not painting a

Tadek Solarz Ik snap de beredenering niet. Stel ik heb een huis van 500k en ik ambieer een huis van 1000k. Om dat te kopen moet ik 500k bijleggen. Stel beide huizenprijzen halveren. Om dan te kopen moet ik 250k bijleggen. Dus als huizenbezitter ben ik vóór lagere huizenprijzen.

Ardjan Boersma Wat is "vertrouwen" in deze context? Vertrouwen doe ik ze wel. Rutte, Wilders, Trump, Poetin, Timmermans, Israel, Hamas. Grotendeels open boeken. Je weet wat je aan ze hebt. Ik ben het alleen meestal niet met ze eens.

Bearish on Apple. They're a consumer electronics company with increasing competition. They're not entering new markets. They're not using their supply chain to the extent that they could.

If a child is in a bad school/home situation, they are in astronomically better spiritual shape if they don't submit as if it's right. A child who is rebellious, assertive, independent-minded in the face of injustice is far healthier mentally than another who submits.

The political echo chamber problem is not a Right-wing issue. Before Elon Musk bought Twitter, people on the Right created alternative social media platforms out of necessity, because they were being banned from mainstream ones. After Elon bought Twitter, people on the Left

The worst thing Elon ever did with this platform besides opening the gates to a flood of Indians was to ruthlessly crush Substack links. It changed the game overnight. Before, there was a burgeoning community of writers sharing wonderful long-form content on here. We’d write,

The algorithm is banging today.

Paul Krugman has produced many notable lessons over his years of popular writing. It's hard to decide which is his most important. is it "simple models are good for teaching"? Is it "the cranks avoid math"? Maybe! I'll argue it's "run a sanity check before making a big claim".

Dutch-Belgian border show the policy failure of the Netherlands.

Klassiek Liberaal Rob Jetten D66 JOVD Dilan Yesilgöz - Zegerius Syp Wynia Silvio Erkens Wouter de Winther VVD Nieuwsuur FD Nieuws D66 is geen liberale partij, maar interventionistisch/socialistisch. Het heeft als partij fors bijgedragen aan de problemen van de Nederlandse economie: vastlopende klimaatbeleid en woningnood in het bijzonder. Voortdurend worden politici er sinds Rutte 3 op gewezen dat er keuzes

Wolfsburg was built like a fairytale. A neat little city in the middle of Germany, wrapped around a single idea: cars. Not just any cars, but the people’s car, Volkswagen AG. The state gave it land, credit, protection, and later a flood of subsidies. It became a symbol of German

"only net taxpayers voting" is how nearly all democracy was originally conceived people have a hard time because philosophically there is an enormous gulf between "voting is a reasonable way to achieve good governance" and "voting is about fairness"

EarthBoundMisfit l ࿗ l Jacob Shell The problem at high latitudes is that every winter the insect ecosystem dies. This leads to a predator/pray imbalance. If winter becomes milder and shorter, more of the ecosystem survives which reduces runaway population booms.

filtra.io One issue with a C++ team is that you'd have to agree on what idiomatic C++ looks like and which decade's style you'll be using.

I don't see a substantive difference between eurobonds and using Russian assets. It's an accountancy trick. If Merz is so desperate to avoid paying interest he can call Frankfurt. That is how finance is done in wars.

In het algemeen lijkt het me effectiever je te richten op criminelen ipv op op wapens. Maar in dit geval zeker want er zal een grote hoeveelheid explosieven en vuurwapens beschikbaar komen uit de oorlog in Oekraïne. nos.nl/nieuwsuur/arti…

The problem with the big machines is that you need to adjust the farming practices to the machines. If we have small versatile machines we can farm in a way that leverages nature. Mixing annual and perennial ppants, undercropping, pixel farming, etc.