- Listen to this interesting conversation on the “good old days” of (financial) blogging.
- The Torah discriminates between meaningful work and dog-work.
- Watch this
nicefunny summary of California’s water policy failures. - Wat? “Inspire elaborated on its methodology and touted its reliability in a white paper published on its website. According to the white paper, by relying on data science and analysis of faith-based screening data, the Inspire Impact Score “reflects a rules-based, scientifically rigorous methodology of faith-based ESG analysis which creates a level of consistency and reliability of results necessary for making well-informed, quantitatively sound, biblically responsible investment decisions.”
- When in San Francisco — a low density city with insane housing prices — I suggested that the law allow for any building to add 1 floor (or 5%, whichever is greater) to its height, as long as its final height is lower than average. Such a regulation would allow owners to add space without overwhelming the neighborhood (looking at you, Salesforce Tower). Anyways, the Dutch have this law. I don’t know its impacts, but I’m curious.
- Tariffs are not as bad as some economists are saying (but they can indeed be very bad, and I think that’s the version Trump would choose). Related: How to do industrial policy correctly — or incorrectly. Listen.
- I’m shocked, shocked to read that “Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Huge Mistake“
- European cities are building heat pumps that can heat/cool tens of thousands of homes at once.
- This article on school kids making sexual deep fakes about each other led me to think a bit more: What if AI-generated deep fakes “flood the zone with shit”? I think that many people will (a) not trust that anything is real and (b) stop making their own sexy photos/porn, since theirs will not be credible. That reaction would mean that most porn/nudes would be fake, which would reduce exploitation (even trafficked children need more food than an AI) and worse abuses in the (child) porn world. Likewise, AIs could be used to make fake teams compete in sports, generate fake actors for television, etc. I am not sure that that’s such a bad thing (except for legitimate actors), to have more “phony” spectator sports. I do know it’s a bad thing for news and data, but we’re learning here.
The link is broken to the second item, “The Torah discriminates between meaningful work and dog-work”
Dear Paul — Sadly, archive.ph seems to be “down” due to DRM-wars… and I don’t remember the original source 🙁
So, gonna have to wait for the messiah on that link!