Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@JustinTLogan The complaint is that he answered the question he was asked? — PolitiTweet.org

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Would you rather have reliable service and clean air or be centered? https://t.co/rKJQayPTP1 — PolitiTweet.org

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I mean there was a month of zero inflation, that’s why people said it. — PolitiTweet.org

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A rare movie that I think would work better as a TV show that just kind of let’s you knock around an interesting setting. https://t.co/Gk0iESrUEq — PolitiTweet.org

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@benjicardoso38 Was really surprised the two Jewish hosts didn’t catch that — PolitiTweet.org

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@js_thrill This is the problem with non-consequentialist ethics — PolitiTweet.org

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@bo_austin_ Well, I have a successful career in journalism so it seems like it worked out fine for everyone involved. — PolitiTweet.org

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A lot of really sick, deranged stuff being cheered on by congressional republicans — PolitiTweet.org

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I think this is the margin at which I drop my least-valued streaming service — PolitiTweet.org

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It would be like a European coming to the states and concluding that it’s a big problem that we don’t have many places to hang wet clothing. — PolitiTweet.org

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The fact that these processes are not used in countries that have much better outcomes is good evidence that the processes are bad and we should try to learn from countries that achieve better results. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JHWeissmann @EricLevitz Given that the activism was useless, I don’t see how creating more activists was useful. If we replaced 10,000 climate activists with like two people inspired to do engineering work on batteries, that would be a win. — PolitiTweet.org

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This whole piece is basically a reductio of the equity analysis fad, concluding that American transit is better than Dutch because even though the outcomes are worse on every dimension we do more equity analysis and community consultation. https://t.co/VnTFIAcCYA — PolitiTweet.org

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Liz Truss poised to become prime minister with no charisma or achievements shows how far ahead of us the UK is in terms of feminism. — PolitiTweet.org

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@willystaley @MattZeitlin I always mix him up with JJ Abrams (both are bad) — PolitiTweet.org

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Tough for those of us Polk-pilled by TMBG — PolitiTweet.org

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@marcscribner @ramav_matsci But, like, you couldn’t just put a driverless freight truck on the road or run ads about how you can take a nap in your new Tesla while commuting right? — PolitiTweet.org

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Rewatchables rarely misses but the heavy praise of School Ties was too much for me. Some great Damon in that movie but it’s a mess. — PolitiTweet.org

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I've always thought they should do a Japan/Argentina central banker swap. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jdardenesq My point is that if they are cranks, they are not discount-rate cranks. The longtermism is a red herring! — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump can publish the warrant any time he wants to. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MarketUrbanism: INCREDIBLE encapsulation of the Nonprofit Industrial/Consultant Complex approach to planning. Ex-Nelson\Nygaard employe… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mattyglesias: @ramav_matsci Realistically, I think "rogue engineers accidentally unleash world-destroying AGI by 2050 leading to human… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ramav_matsci Realistically, I think "rogue engineers accidentally unleash world-destroying AGI by 2050 leading to human extinction" is *more* plausible than "regulators approve fully-autonomous cars by 2050." — PolitiTweet.org

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@nickisafraud How does 2 help? — PolitiTweet.org

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Ajeya Cotra thinks we'll have transformational AGI by the 2040s — that's an assessment people can disagree about, but the idea that events 18 years in the future are worth worrying about doesn't involve any controversial claims about discounting. https://t.co/qBucnJ6wPh https://t.co/f0mCSX0wut — PolitiTweet.org

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One thing I'm a little confused about is the leading AI safety people's timelines are now so aggressive that we're really not talking about a "longtermist" cause at all — all the global public health stuff is arguably *more* long-term at this point. — PolitiTweet.org

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@olivertraldi My route out of the philosophy profession was Korsgaard telling me that my work was bad and journalism seemed more my speed. — PolitiTweet.org

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@zackbeauchamp The typo puts it over the top — PolitiTweet.org

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@MattZeitlin @CultySmother @OneShoup The thing is House Dems fucked up by weakening the mandate to the point where it was ineffective while also keeping it around on the books — PolitiTweet.org