Crime vouchers would solve this.

US citizens, & the world, are worse off when US citizens are not allowed to buy Chinese EVs at market prices.

I here change my mind somewhat re what values we should expect to see with sufficient evolution: overcomingbias.com/p/more-on-evol…

I didn't realize Jeopardy took such strong political/policy stances with their questions.

Are you less than 35 years old? Do you (plan to) have fewer than 3 children?

'police misconduct is partially predictable … many officers at risk of on-duty misconduct have elevated off-duty risk too … targeting preventive interventions … [by] number of past complaints … has marginal value of public funds of infinity.' nber.org/papers/w32432?…

“when there were multiple Homo species living close by, they were under pressure to evolve, and new species were more likely to emerge.
This is extremely unusual.” newscientist.com/article/243091…

In my paper, I show seven ways to Sunday (actually six distinct ways) that properly measured, pay has tracked productivity. Here are 3:

Here are Robin Hanson's recommendations on how to figure out if the medical treatment you're seeking (or you've been recommended) is unnecessary

He just got fired.

When does recommending a choice prevent freedom of choice? wsj.com/business/bumbl…

'If OpenAI had GPT-5, they have would shown it. They don’t have GPT-5 after 14 months of trying. … Each day in which there is no GPT-5 level model … is evidence that we may have reached a phase of diminishing returns.'

'Fernández-Villaverde estimates global fertility fell to between 2.1 and 2.2 last year, which he said would be below global replacement for the first time in human history.' wsj.com/world/birthrat…

'Truthful reporting about the realization of a publicly observed event cannot be guaranteed by a consensus process … even if some individuals are compelled to tell the truth, regardless of economic incentives' d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:szg:…

I believe this happens. The key question is: how common is this?

Robin Hanson We will escape natural selection when we stop dying

Gave a new paper at a conference and the Q&A afterwards went badly: I struggled to answer simple audience questions. I thought, 'I must be tired or sthg', but in the weeks that followed I realized: the questioners had found a big flaw in my argument. I wasn't tired, I was wrong.

“Hamas leaders .. not tolerate even a whiff of dissent. .. trailed journalists & people suspected of immoral behavior. .. got criticism removed from social media .. defame political adversaries. Political protests were viewed as threats to be undermined.” nytimes.com/2024/05/13/wor…