Not anymore

I saw signs like this all over Japan; I laughed at every one

English is three other languages in a trench coat

There are 8.2 Conans O’Brien in the world right now

Probably one of those old arcade games, allegedly some were not designed to be possible to beat

What did the camel do to deserve this?

Japan would like a word, but otherwise, fair enough

What? Like the World Series of Baseball?

Maybe a good lesson from the Indians, find a way to use as much as possible from your prey

Because it’s made of people

The search term? What is it?

Who says it’s unauthorized? I set the pressure

I occasionally have copy/paste issues, but it’s most often with electron apps as well.

Something that i think is important to understand about this, and while Grey does mention it, its brief and towards the end, is that this framework isn’t unique to governments. These patterns show up in human organization at basically every level.

So I’m going to push back on the idea that

this is horrible and this system should be abolished

Depending on what “this system” means to you.

I think it’s much more useful to understand the incentives at play and build systems that minimize the damage consolidated power can do, and limit the ability for power to accumulate. That is… very much easier said than done, but I think it’s needed effort.

That’s right.

While the video is a good summary of the framing of the book (the selectorate theory of politics), I still recommend reading the book if you find the topic interesting. They go into a bunch of case studies on how you can apply the framing in wildly different circumstances, and make a very compelling case for how increasing the numbers of participants in a system improves the outcomes for everyone involved.

This video, and the book it’s based on, unironically started my transition from neoliberal to democratic socialist.

Which I think is funny, because I don’t think the authors, Bruce Bueno De Mesquita and Alistair Smith, are particularly leftist.

Pretty sure it’s a hip bone X-ray of someone without a spine

I bought a framework recently. Its not perfect, but I’ve been quite happy with it.

Probably simply that they are done with it (mono specifically, and possibly .net framework in the long run)

Fun fact, this sign wasn’t in Kansas