Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

In the real world, huge sums of philanthropic resources are plowed into causes that reflect basically zero good faith effort to do the most good in the world. Changing these norms to “at least try a little” could have tremendous benefits. https://t.co/hJzqv6KkyT https://t.co/CuqDaiFCGN — PolitiTweet.org

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For debate purposes you can always construct hard hypotheticals — is it better to produce a 50% cut in the risk of an India-Pakistan nuclear exchange, a 5% cut in the risk of an extinction-level pandemic, or a 90% cut in world poverty. But do we actually face these choices? — PolitiTweet.org

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The vast majority of us will run out of useful things we can do on any given existential risk threat long before we run out of time or material resources that can be devoted to finding ways to do good. https://t.co/hJzqv6KkyT — PolitiTweet.org

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There’s a case that the philosophical heavy artillery is needed to generate strong conclusions about prioritization but for most people I don’t think these priority debates amount to much. https://t.co/hJzqv6KkyT https://t.co/xgMb0CxLSJ — PolitiTweet.org

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I think the first-order claims made by the longtermist community — “look, here’s some big threats to the future of humanity!” — tend to be more compelling than the philosophical arguments about longtermism. https://t.co/hJzqv6KkyT — PolitiTweet.org

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I think the mental habit of saying it’s okay to do things that don’t really make sense because they good for “organizing” leads to bad places. Organize people on behalf of something good1 — PolitiTweet.org

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“That your party is led by an inept, impulsive, criminally inclined man, who is viewed negatively by most voters, who cares very little about whether your party wins elections or achieves policy goals … is your problem — one largely of your own making” https://t.co/Nw2W0KX3L0 — PolitiTweet.org

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Respect that Cheney went down swinging instead of slinking away in retirement like so many other Trump skeptics among her colleagues. — PolitiTweet.org

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More seriously isn’t representing Donald Trump in a criminal inquiry exactly what the whole Dershowitz plotline has been building up to? If not what was the point of putting all that Martha’s Vineyard stuff in. — PolitiTweet.org

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Better call Saul — PolitiTweet.org

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@upzone_CA EZ Pass seems to work fine to me — PolitiTweet.org

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In the Munich area, the U-Bahn is run by a city agency the S-Bahn is run by the national railroad company, and there are all kinds of different bus companies operating. But the MVV creates an integrated fare and payment system from the point of view of the rider. https://t.co/9zqq4LNSSS — PolitiTweet.org

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What America really needs is a version of the German fare union (verkehrsverbund) concept as a means to integrate service provided by distinct agencies. — PolitiTweet.org

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@alon_levy I don’t think pumped hydro works at all in industrial applications but it’s more straightforward for basic backup electricity. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a pro bigness account so I’m happy to report that my 7YO is really enjoying his Kids Paperwhite with the Amazon Kids subscription library of books. Very much recommended for young readers and parents who don’t want their house cluttered with dozens of Dog Man volumes. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DemocraticLuntz @SpecialPuppy1 Republicans will win the WV Senate seat, but Democrats will make it up in a massive realignment sparked by running a Manchin-Kelly ticket in 2024. — PolitiTweet.org

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Fascinating read. Worth your time. — PolitiTweet.org

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My preferred bespoke indicator, aggregate private wages, continues to run very hot which I think should keep rent growth robust. https://t.co/4IZ9q1jHM7 — PolitiTweet.org

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It seems to me that: — We have extensive recent experience of non-accelerating inflation with unemployment <5% — Inflation accelerated a lot in 2021 with unemployment >5% https://t.co/T0hah6EbcZ — PolitiTweet.org

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@robertwiblin Yes but what if I told you that you had to choose between publicly endorsing a series of wildly counterintuitive ethical conclusions about hypothetical situations or else allowing 100 million people to each suffer the pain of a stubbed toe? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mstratford: Education Dept has officially hit DeVry University with a $23.6M bill for cost of discharging student loans of its former s… — PolitiTweet.org

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Hydrogen is very important, potentially, as a way to turn renewable electricity (cheap but intermittent) into something storable and useful in a range of industrial applications. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MattZeitlin Didn’t they also just take more swings? Like 1999 featured (famously!) a very large number of good movies but if you scroll through the entire list of wide releases there were also a ton of now-forgotten stinkers. — PolitiTweet.org

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@catlin201 None taken, you've obviously failed to read any of my actual writing on this which is your problem not mine. — PolitiTweet.org

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If voters think of IRA as a deficit reduction bill that addresses a few cost of living concerns in a pragmatic way, that's much *better* than them hearing exaggerated stories about sweeping progressive change. https://t.co/S5nOrWo4Og — PolitiTweet.org

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I get the impulse to want to brag about the "historic" nature of the energy production tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act, but in terms of minimizing thermostatic backlash it's better to avoid the chest-thumping and demands for recognition. https://t.co/S5nOrWo4Og — PolitiTweet.org

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It's a good, moderate bill that takes a lot of stuff Republicans say we should do (support law enforcement, address climate through technology and innovation, reduce the deficit, increase American energy production) and actually does them. But in practice they love tax cheats. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SpecialPuppy1 Nooooo! Call it a moderate bill!! — PolitiTweet.org

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I think I am the world's only Susan Moller Okin conspiracy theorist but she died alone at home in her mid-fifties of no clear cause ... she knew too much (about the neglect of gender in traditional political theory) — PolitiTweet.org

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Susan Moller Okin erasure! — PolitiTweet.org