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2. By Dean Ball, a simple public choice theory of what will go wrong with SB 1047. I genuinely do not see why people such as Dan Hendrycks do not get this.
3. Derek Thompson: "We really are living in an era of negativity-poisoned discourse that is (*empirically*) historically unique." The importance of this cannot be overestimated. And here is his excellent Atlantic piece on how parts of the Anglosphere are exporting despair -- one of the best and most important pieces of the year. Which side of this dynamic are you on?