• Trump

    Why is no one comparing Trump to Howard Dean in 2004?

    Granted, that was 12 years ago, but the appeal still seems the same, light on ideology, high on displays of “social” strength.  I suppose a better way to put it would be that both were irritable strongmen, or “champions” who are rather light on ideology but heavy on irritability.

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  • Links

    Quote of the day

    From Slate Star

    Having only things you don’t like repressed looks from the inside a lot like there being no repression at all.

    and

    There are taboos in history, too, and in economics, and in political science, and although they’re less obvious and interesting they still mean you need this same skepticism when parsing results from these fields. “But every legitimate scientist disagrees with this particular Reactionary belief!” should be said with the same intonation as “But every legitimate archbishop disagrees with this particular heresy.”

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  • Adages

    The simple way of determining if machines threaten your job

    Machines taking jobs has been an interest of mine, since I read Tyler Cowen’s Average Is Over – and all the blog posts and what not since then.

    Seemingly the best rule of thumb is that if you can do your job while a little drunk, then the machines are already on the way!  The judgement of algorithms is good enough at this point to make up for what machines cannot determine.

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  • Aging

    Things that make me feel old

    The difference in years between right now and George W Bush’s election is the same as between Reagan and Goldwater.  The difference between right now and Clinton’s first term is the difference between Reagan and Eisenhower!  Granted, his second term, but still.

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    Phrase of the day

    From somewhere on Pandora

    Sick of being the Powerless Elite

    A handy pejorative for your political opponents!

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