Today's links
- The market for carbon credit lemons: Bad money drives out good.
- This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 17 Mar 2022
Today's links
- Late stage capitalism is weird capitalism: A planned economy run by Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2017, 2021
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 16 Mar 2022
Today's links
- The role of prose quality in scholarship: Better-edited papers fare better in peer-reviewed journals.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2012, 2017, 2021
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 15 Mar 2022
Today's links
- Fight inflation with a windfall profits tax: Step one: tar. Step two: ???
- Russian "ESG" investments were always about financing invasions and murder: Enjoy your rouble-denominated coupons, assholes.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 14 Mar 2022
Today's links
- Surprise billing's death-spiral may suck in untold patients: The best time to kill Envision Healthcare was before it started (the second best time is now).
- Podcasting "Vertically Challenged": We need to investigate the companies Big Tech DOESN'T buy.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
The Byzantine Premium
On the contradiction at the heart of Bitcoin advocacy
When you write critically about blockchain, Bitcoin, speculation, NFTs and DeFi, you get an earful back. Advocates for these things are…well, aggressive is a polite term for how many believers respond to critiques of their financial/philosophical/political/technological project.
Pluralistic: 12 Mar 2022
Today's links
- A systemic (not individual) approach to content moderation: All the good stuff happens BEFORE the moderator gets involved.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2012
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 11 Mar 2022
Today's links
- The SEC must not legitimize fake "carbon offsets": Net zero is not zero.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 09 Mar 2022
Today's links
- The cruelty isn't the point: The point is power.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017.
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 08 Mar 2022
Today's links
- How and why to break up Big Tech: My new Locus column, "Vertically Challenged."
- The Dawn of Everything: An essential reminder that we are in charge of our own destiny.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading