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1/Here's a story from my college days about persuasion and majority rule that I think is instructive for the present moment.When I was a freshman, my dorm was debating whether
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Giggles flopping is referred to as a "gigaflop" Buffalo Giggles Giggles being cute Antibody Giggles Giggles contemplating the Universe Compact Giggles Giggles licking my pants, for reasons known only to
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Sullivan and Harris are right here, FWIW. Trump's presence in office does inflame social divisions, a Biden victory would ease them just a little bit.But I expect this argument not
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The ideal of the Middle Class is to minimize the social status differences that arise from occupations. It means that someone who works all their life in an Amazon warehouse
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A thread about the psychology of Tankies. Basically: Misdirected anti-imperialist anger + conspiracy thinking + vicious in-group status fights --> Tankieshttps://twitter.com/QueenSorviaV/status/1283594638755061760 Here's an alternati
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Today's @bopinion post is an ode to Pandemic UI, the boldest and most successful U.S. economic program in many decades.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-08/u-s-renewal-of-pandemic-jobless-benefit-is-crucial-for-workers-
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1/Today's @bopinion post is about why developing nations are in big trouble -- both from coronavirus, and from the decline of the United States.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-03/covid-19-and-declining-u-s-pose-double
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Remember: Universities knew this would happen to kids. They wanted the money.https://twitter.com/Hammontreers/status/1295464420114604038 I've been one of the biggest supporters and boosters of the U.S. university system, but this is jus
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Wow. This is a startling finding. Half of U.S. singles aren't looking for relationships OR hookups.https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2020/08/20/nearly-half-of-u-s-adults-say-dating-has-gotten-harder-for-most-people-in-the-last-10-years/ N
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1/Let's talk about college admissions, why they're unfair, and why they're probably about to get more unfair unless things change.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-19/college-admissions-are-about-to-get-even-mor
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1/Today's @bopinion post is about big cities, and why they might not bounce back triumphantly after COVID is gone.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-10/new-york-san-francisco-u-s-cities-will-struggle-after-covid-19 2/COV
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There was a line from the old Counting Crows song "Mr. Jones" that always stuck with me: "When I look at the television, I want to see me, staring right
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