13
Jan
Wake Up
When I was a child I noticed that I would find more physically attractive girls smarter and more interesting, even
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23
Dec
I'm Skeptical of and Confused About The Multiplier in Macroeconomics
The multiplier is how much econ activity results from a unit of government spending. E.g: GDP change = M * G.
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09
Dec
Common Assumptions in Western Stories
Stories matter quite a bit. I think the many people, myself included growing up, get more training data from the
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02
Dec
Does working for the government carry a higher moral burden?
I have a thought that goes something like this. If I want to work in the private sector, I search
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18
Nov
Some thought on Sci-Fi I like and Peter Watts.
Sci-fi is my favourite genre. Why? I think a few reasons:
* good sci-fi touches on the human condition, morality and
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04
Nov
It's hard to know which development economics theories to buy
Scott Summer recently published a fairly long blog post on development economics. It’s very good. His conclusions are similar
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28
Oct
The Wandering Inn and Intellectually Dishonest Worlds
NOTE: Mild Spoilers for The Wandering Inn
I’ve been reading The Wandering Inn for the past year or so.
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21
Oct
You need to take a stance on population ethics to assess the impact of some charitable interventions
I went to an EAish event tonight. It was put on jointly by the London Giving What We Can group
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14
Oct
Interesting Claims About UK Politics
I went to a progress studies dinner last week. Met a few interesting people there, one of whom was a
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30
Sep
Some Thoughts on Crime in Walworth
I live in Elephant and Castle in London. It’s area which for decades was run down and high crime.
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