Possibly controversial position: Narendra Modi is a bigger threat to global democracy than Xi Jinping.
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John Quiggin
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I'm a Professor of Economics at the University of Queensland. Work on decision theory, IO, environmental, lots more. They/their
Looking at Turnbull's second ministry, which held office only five years ago, only a handful (mostly the weakest) are left on the Opposition front bench. Same would be true in NSW, I think. Not sure what to make of this. #auspol #nswpol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Turnbull_ministry
acemaxx#UK ’s low level of Govt #investment has left the country in a “poorer” state compared to other nations, with not enough hospital beds, poor transport links and inadequate #housing, chart @FT https://cutt.ly/24NHYF3
Until a year or so ago, I would have said I was a longtermist (zero discounting of later-born generations) and worried about existential risk (mostly nuclear war and catastrophic climate change).
Now I have been defined out of both categories by a bunch of crypto bros.
Now I have been defined out of both categories by a bunch of crypto bros.
Climate change, ironically,
reduces the heat in
the South China Sea https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/climate-change-ironically-reduces-heat-south-china-sea
reduces the heat in
the South China Sea https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/climate-change-ironically-reduces-heat-south-china-sea
Got into a silly fight on the birdsite, where I'm still crossposting. Lesson
* Don't make a technical point and a policy proposal in the same tweet. People who disagree on policy will fight on technicalities.
* Don't make a technical point and a policy proposal in the same tweet. People who disagree on policy will fight on technicalities.
Why there won't be a war over South China Sea oil and gas. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/climate-change-ironically-reduces-heat-south-china-sea
Coal's dead-cat bounce in the US is over. Renewables have finally surpassed coal share of generation https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=55960 (via IEEFA)
Mathew IngramNew:
"Meet Walter Pitts, the Homeless Genius Who Revolutionized Artificial Intelligence"
Pitts stayed hidden until the library closed for the evening. Alone, he wandered through the stacks of books until he came across Principia Mathematica, a three-volume tome written by Bertrand Russell and Alfred Whitehead, which attempted to reduce all of mathematics to pure logic. For three days he remained in the library until he had […]
SouRIP John Kerin.
He was one of the most important reformers of Australian agriculture. He certainly shook up and changed ag industry in Australia, for the better overall.
(I once had the privilege of being a keynote speaker at a national agriculture conference, sharing the platform with him.)
John Kerin, agriculture minister for Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, dies aged 85
John Kerin steered Australian agriculture onto a world stage away from protectionist policies during the Hawke/Keating era. He is being remembered for his "indelible contribution" to agriculture and the environment.