Daniel Brockman

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Interests: economics, history. Author of "The Tale of Capitalism". Walker, swimmer, bicyclist.
Gig Harbor Washington USA
@[email protected] @DanielBrockman
WebsiteLaughingPhilosopher.com
Meeting 1.5C warming limit hinges on governments more than technology, study says - Carbon Brief

The ability of governments to implement climate policies is the “most important” factor in feasibility of limiting global warming to 1.5C.

Carbon Brief
What topics would you like to hear the candidates for President of the US talk about?

I would be pleased if the economists among us would give us their points-of-view on the microeconomic and macroeconomic costs and benefits of the following emerging technology.

Your AI learns faster if it's bigger. If it's bigger, then it calls on more energy resources and cooling resources. AI operators would shop for the jurisdiction that least constrains them. Can we get an international agreement on uniform constraints?

https://youtu.be/9aBNIekp4qY?si=RmzD57eL0z68Ze-0

How AI causes serious environmental problems (but might also provide solutions) | DW News

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@radiofreetom

…and the wealthier they are, then the greater the probability they never worked a single day.

@adamkinzinger

I gave my mother in law a copy of your book Adam. After she read about half, she said “Unusual book. Not like the others.” By “others”, she refers to US political books published since 2015. She has become a big fan of Adam Kinzinger.

"Republicans may hold the House majority, but Democratic yeas outnumbered GOP votes on every major bill that landed on President Biden’s desk this year." As I said in November; you're welcome. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/house-democrats-continue-legislative-heavy-lifting-rcna136749
House Democrats continue to do the legislative heavy lifting

When the House passed a $78 billion tax package, it was members of the Democratic minority who provided most of the votes. This keeps happening.

MSNBC
Hundreds of millionaires, billionaires urge politicians at Davos to tax their wealth - UPI.com

Nearly 270 millionaires and billionaires urged world leaders congregating in Switzerland for The World Economic Forum on Wednesday to tax their wealth.

UPI

@smhjan @radiofreetom

in all times and all places, the people with the big guns determine who governs. it matters not what authority you inherited or how you were appointed or elected or defended by documents or authority or evidence or religion or friends or custom or reason.

@conradhackett

For young men, college today offers more opportunities than ever before to meet classmates who are young women.

The Colorado Supreme Court upheld the rule of law today. But I would prefer that we didn't have a former President who engaged in insurrection against the Constitution of the United States. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/us/politics/trump-colorado-ballot-14th-amendment.html
Trump Is Disqualified From 2024 Ballot, Colorado Court Says in Explosive Ruling

The decision, the first by a court to find that Donald Trump is ineligible to hold office again because he engaged in insurrection, is likely to put a monumental case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The New York Times