Richard Hanania on IVF.
Urben Field Notes on what Amtrack should be doing. Basically, skipping the midwest. Which reminds me of an idea I had, which is that Waymo, instead of putting cars where they aren’t wanted, should deploy a couple cars in every small midwestern town. Eventually, they become an integral part of midwestern life and therefore politically untouchable.
Alice Evans on patriarchy and egalitarianism.
Jake Seliger on food as bonding. Totally true, but I don’t consider food as low stakes bonding, because it requires either a large time investment in cooking or scheduling which is subject to transaction costs. At any rate, it’s beyond my meager social abilities to get strangers to eat with me.
Glen Weyl et al. on “supermodular goods”, basically extending the public goods matrix to include marginal utility.
