GrokInFullness

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People who favor strict immigration policies often complain that immigrants fail to "assimilate."

"It is the proper role of rhinoceros to provide a basic standard of living for the citizens."

"What kind of cruel person could deny that free access to the lunar health spa is a basic human right?

So I've started a Substack here.

In a recent links roundup post at Astral Codex Ten, Scott Alexander links to this piece with the following commentary: One of the most common objections to libertarianism, right after “but who would fund the roads?”

Andrew Koppelman's book Burning Down the House deserved a little more scrutiny than I gave it previously.

I haven't done one of these in almost three years, but I wanted to do an update.

Social Security and Medicare make little sense as anti-poverty programs.

In 2020 there were 385,293 deaths that mentioned Covid-19 on the certificate.

If you're a libertarian who wants to read something by a progressive that attempts to convert you to progressivism, you should read Burning Down the House by Andrew Koppelman.

A couple of weeks ago I got a panicked email from a friend of mine.

I recently read two books that detail the history of mistreatment of homosexuals in the United States.

Suppose you have an opportunity to purchase a box containing a million dollars.

I've recently subscribed to the Oura ring and 23andMe.

I recently read two books about the internal workings of the Trump administration from people I respect.

On June 7th, the Soho forum hosted a debate between Jeff Singer and Adriane Fugh-Berman on the opioid epidemic.

I don't necessarily feel the need to weigh in on the news topics of the day.

There is a type of person who becomes apoplectic if you try to compare covid to the flu.

There have been some recent attempts to resuscitate and rejuvenate the dead ideas of socialism.

Almost two years ago, I wrote this post describing a pre-print paper on the origins of the opioid crisis.

With Covid-19 hitting the world in mid-2020, I was having a lot of thoughts about how to measure public health crises.

I'm growing tired of arguments and pronouncements that don the mantle of science but then proceed to make the most embarrassingly false claims.

There was an interesting study out of Israel comparing natural immunity to vaccine-induced immunity for SARS-Cov-2.

I want to make a point about the topic everyone's worried about, but I don't want to unnecessarily freak anyone out.