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				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 10, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
One has to wonder what will happen if the unions succeed in getting this stuff banned. I mean surely someone else will use the technologies and maybe someday outcompete them.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 10, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I still can’t believe that UC has actually dropped sat/act requirements, I don’t see how this can possibly be sustainable for them.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 10, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Thanks I enjoyed reading this but I think that you miss the real significance of the ruling: I agree that   that elite institutions are not being egalitarian enough (I think this is what you are arguing by comparing harvards graduation rate to the seals?) and that this is resulting in too many incompetents running the countries institutions. They are also hard to change because they are mostly privately run an have huge endowments along with influential alumni networks. The ruling alone doesn’t rectify this (as trace points out university admins will try to circumvent it), but gives a future republican president enormous leverage to massively change elite universities simply by enforcing the law.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 3, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
If you go to Denver you might also consider dipping into Utah, it’s a short drive to canyon lands which is probably the most beautiful part of the American southwest (just don’t go in the summer). Zion, Bryce Canyon and capital reef are also stunning. Lots of people fly to Denver tent a car visit the Rockies, drive through Utah and/or the Grand Canyon before returning from Las Vegas.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 26, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Once you step back and remember that unlike America, France IS an active colonial power ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Françafrique ) having big riots every 10 to 15 years actually seems like an endorsement of having a legal system which is blind to race.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 26, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I happen to think your correct but I wonder why they don’t just admit it?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 18, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
With Wagner in the news I’m wondering why they named themselves after a German composer? I can’t find anything on this on their Wikipedia page explaining it and it doesn’t make any sense to me. Why would a Russian merc outfit name themselves after a composer who is sort of a symbol of German nationalism.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for June 23, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Me too, isn’t Zuck in his thirties?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 19, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Could they have actually stopped it? Couldn’t Biden have just done a recess appointment?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 5, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I’m pretty sure no one actually gets permits to work on their homes. My dad sold his house a few years ago with a completely unpermitted fire place, the only consequence was the inspector reporting this to the buyer. No one cared and they still closed the deal.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for May 26, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You wouldn’t need to do anything particularly extreme, simply equipping ships with a few loud explosives (think m80 or smaller firecrackers) would still solve this problem.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 15, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It’s possible that would require Hong Kong demographics, but I think most people would be satisfied if things returned to the way they where in 2005-2010, which is obviously achievable in the us when there are better incentives.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 15, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I interpreted it that way


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Calling all Lurkers: Share your Dreams of Effortposting
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I have wanted to write (but probably won’t since it is gradually becoming a more popular position and I’m too lazy) a post making fun of the many Motizens who seriously believe that AI is more dangerous than nuclear weapons or that nuclear weapons are less dangerous now because of the test ban treaty. I’d maybe even go further and argue that it’s (AI) is less dangerous than either biological or chemical weapons as well.


It would also be nice to throw in a little discussion about how stupid analogies that compare AI with nuclear weapons (I addressed this a little bit here https://www.themotte.org/post/454/culture-war-roundup-for-the-week/88276?context=8#context ) and how unsuitable an arms control treaty would be for regulating AI


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 1, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I strongly agree with the second point, I work for a national lab and it is so hard to find US citizens/green card holders to do scientific work. I believe universities bear a lot of the blame for this situation, because they so aggressive use international students to keep graduate student compensation down (I myself dropped out of a PhD to make more money, this option simply isn’t available to international students)


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 1, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
My experience since leaving graduate school a year ago has been the same, but let me tell you academia is so bad. That was an environment that really was as bad as or worse than twitter and I’m scared that it will some day come for the private sector.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Eli Lilly releases data for a new weight-loss drug to tackle obesity : Shots - Health News : NPR
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
That’s a pretty strong claim, do you have any evidence that ozempic or this drug doesn’t actually work?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for April 26, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I have been medicated for ADHD more or less continuously for the last six years. Due to a move I started seeing a new psychiatrist who I want to fire because they require a monthly tele health medication management appointment along with random drug screens, both of which are an enormous waste of my time (previously I used to see someone every three months which as I understand it is the legal requirement and in the last six years I have never been asked to do a drug screen).


I’m wondering if any of the much discussed telehealth pill mills (I.e circlemedical etc.) are actually a convenient option or if the new dea rules have essentially ruined them. Essentially, I want to continue my current medication (vyvanse 40 Mg) while minimizing the amount of time I need to spend dealing with bullshit. A related question is does anyone have advice on how to doctor shop more effectively? In the past I always either saw a university provided psychiatrist or just picked someone off of my health plans directory. This approach has worked (sample size 3 providers) until now. I have excellent health insurance through work which I would obviously prefer to use, but don’t mind paying out of my pocket if it actually simplifies my life.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for April 26, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Just move out of California, there are plenty of other places in the us where the law is enforced and you don’t have to deal with all of the stupid low trust bullshit. I’m saying this as someone who left the Bay Area around a year before the pandemic and has since lived in various places in Colorado and now Summerlin Las Vegas.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 17, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The only Canadian show I can name off the top of my head is the Trailer Park Boys and I’m not even sure if it’s a cbc production


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 17, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think this is a very naive take. For one thing hpc (high performance computing) has an absurd number of useful applications (I’ll pick drug discovery as one example) that have little or nothing to do with AI.


And unlike nuclear weapons, there isn’t any way to prohibit there use in warfare, it isn’t possible to nuke someone without the rest of the world noticing. Contrast this with AI,  how could you prove that entity x is using ml for military purposes? Let’s say country x has a AI that analyzes satellite imagery perfectly, you wouldn’t ever be able to prove this they can just claim that they have very good analysts. You would effectively be creating a policy that military applications are the only allowed use for AI.


I assert that most people currently making a stink about this (I.e. Elon musk) are upset because they realize that they are behind the curve and want some breathing room to try and monopolize this technology.


I mean imagine these kinds of people suggesting the need for government licensesing for literally anything else.


Also to riff a little more on the analogy with nuclear materials (which I happen to think is a bad analogy, you need lots of gpus to build a super computer, a dangerous quantity of nuclear materials will fit in a backpack or purse): while it seems obvious to me that you need to heavily regulate nuclear materials it’s also possible to end up in situations like the one we have now where the only real innovation is in connection to the military (us subs and aircraft carriers are powered by amazing small modular reactors which the rest of society is only just now debating using else where).


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for April 9, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
How is it? I really enjoyed the path to power but got very bored during the means of ascent (maybe I should just skip to a later chapter? The early material spends a lot of time regurgitating things from path to power)


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for April 9, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I wonder how many other stimulants are effected? There are many adderall substitutes on the market. I take vyvanse and haven’t had any issues filling it throughout this crisis.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 27, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The surveillance aspect of it scared the shit out of me more than anything else. Imagine if they start training these things on sigint collected in real time


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 27, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
China essentially applies a blanket ban on US tech companies attempting to enter their market. Issues of privacy and national security aside, I have always felt that this is hugely unfair. While I wouldn’t support building up internet censorship capabilities to block Chinese websites I feel that ordering advertisers and tech companies to ban an app adds some much needed symmetry.