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 [[{“value”:”1. Is Vietnam following some aspects of Milei? 2. Piketty and Sandel on what went wrong for the Left (NYT). 3. The wisdom of Ross Douthat: “A key paragraph in an @arisroussinos piece on Keir Starmer’s fading worldview, with applications to Canada among other nations; the attempted de-nationalization of 2nd-tier powers by their own elites actually leaves…

 [[{“value”:”DeepSeek-R1 is here.  Try it — it is amazing, free and open source.  Go to the main site and press “DeepThink” for superior performance.  Marginal cost remains difficult to measure, but almost certainly far cheaper than the main models.  A big day, most of all for Africa.  Some commentary.  Here is the research paper.  Here…

 [[{“value”:”DeepSeek-R1 is here.  Try it — it is amazing, free and open source.  Go to the main site and press “DeepThink” for superior performance.  Marginal cost remains difficult to measure, but almost certainly far cheaper than the main models.  A big day, most of all for Africa.  Some commentary.  Here is the research paper.  Here…

 [[{“value”:”The conversation between Henry Oliver and Hollis Robbins about Atlas Shrugged as a novel is excellent. I enjoyed especially the discussion of some of the minor characters and the meaning of their story arcs. Hollis: There are some really wonderful minor characters. One of them is Cherryl Taggart, this shop girl that evil Jim Taggart meets one…

 [[{“value”:”The conversation between Henry Oliver and Hollis Robbins about Atlas Shrugged as a novel is excellent. I enjoyed especially the discussion of some of the minor characters and the meaning of their story arcs. Hollis: There are some really wonderful minor characters. One of them is Cherryl Taggart, this shop girl that evil Jim Taggart meets one…

 [[{“value”:”I said that to Ezra Klein about the current rightward vibes shift.  What are some of the scenarios I had in mind?: 1. If the Republicans regulate social media companies to discriminate less against “the Right,” hose regulations may someday be used against them. 2. Personal presidential issuance of crypto assets is not always (ever?)…

 [[{“value”:”I said that to Ezra Klein about the current rightward vibes shift.  What are some of the scenarios I had in mind?: 1. If the Republicans regulate social media companies to discriminate less against “the Right,” hose regulations may someday be used against them. 2. Personal presidential issuance of crypto assets is not always (ever?)…

 [[{“value”:”I said that to Ezra Klein about the current rightward vibes shift.  What are some of the scenarios I had in mind?: 1. If the Republicans regulate social media companies to discriminate less against “the Right,” hose regulations may someday be used against them. 2. Personal presidential issuance of crypto assets is not always (ever?)…

 [[{“value”:”I said that to Ezra Klein about the current rightward vibes shift.  What are some of the scenarios I had in mind?: 1. If the Republicans regulate social media companies to discriminate less against “the Right,” hose regulations may someday be used against them. 2. Personal presidential issuance of crypto assets is not always (ever?)…

 [[{“value”:”I said that to Ezra Klein about the current rightward vibes shift.  What are some of the scenarios I had in mind?: 1. If the Republicans regulate social media companies to discriminate less against “the Right,” hose regulations may someday be used against them. 2. Personal presidential issuance of crypto assets is not always (ever?)…