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Economics and other interesting stuff, an economics PhD student at the University of Michigan, an economics columnist for Bloomberg Opinion.
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This sounds like the kind of thing America should be opposing, not supporting. But then again, America just ditched all our European alliances in orde...

2025-05-06 02:37:18

This sounds like the kind of thing America should be opposing, not supporting.

But then again, America just ditched all our European alliances in order to support Russia doing this same exact thing in Ukraine, so I guess that's where we are now.

I'm such a technological determinist, I can't help laughing at myself

2025-05-06 02:34:13

I'm such a technological determinist, I can't help laughing at myself



Noah "Imports do not subtract from GDP" Smith 🐇: I agree, and I think the main reason is technology. We're bumping up against the limits of what we can do with the 2-hour movie format and existing musical instruments.

TV, games, and comics are better than ever, because we're still exploring what we can do with new tools.

Time for Europe to unite and kick some Russian ass!

2025-05-06 02:28:55

Time for Europe to unite and kick some Russian ass!



Bricktop_NAFO: Just gonna leave this here.

The psycho fascist is correct in this case

2025-05-06 01:59:37

The psycho fascist is correct in this case



Jack Poso 🇺🇸: The prequels suck because they were poorly made by George Lucas who only had a small role in the original series

The sequels suck because they are abominations made by Disney committees and JJ Abrams simps

In order to avoid being singled out and targeted by a culture full of critics, American developers, designers and artists stick to the bland and unrem...

2025-05-06 01:58:23

In order to avoid being singled out and targeted by a culture full of critics, American developers, designers and artists stick to the bland and unremarkable. There's safety in the herd.



Noah "Imports do not subtract from GDP" Smith 🐇: Americans are an incredibly conformist people. Instead of praising creativity or difference, they merely criticize. Every discussion of fashion is "You're doing it wrong", every discussion of urbanism is "Those buildings look terrible".

Americans are an incredibly conformist people. Instead of praising creativity or difference, they merely criticize. Every discussion of fashion is "Yo...

2025-05-06 01:56:22

Americans are an incredibly conformist people. Instead of praising creativity or difference, they merely criticize. Every discussion of fashion is "You're doing it wrong", every discussion of urbanism is "Those buildings look terrible".