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Pluralistic: 10 Nov 2021


Today's links

  • Risk compensation considered harmful: HPV vaccines, N95s, seatbelts, helmets and the Chicago Boys.
  • This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
  • Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Continue reading "Pluralistic: 10 Nov 2021"

Author Cory DoctorowPosted on November 10, 2021November 11, 2021Tags frauds, health, helmet laws, masks, noble lies, risk, risk compensation, safety, sam peltzman, statistics

Pluralistic: 03 Jun 2021


Today's links

  • Efficiency is very inefficient: Resiliency is not a market good.
  • This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
  • Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Continue reading "Pluralistic: 03 Jun 2021"

Author Cory DoctorowPosted on June 3, 2021Tags brittleness, diseconomies, insurance, late-stage capitalism, preparedness, risk, shortages, stockpiles, utopia of rules

Previous editions

  • Pluralistic: The "small nonprofit school" saved in the SVB bailout charges more than Harvard (23 Mar 2023)
  • Pluralistic: Kickstarting the Red Team Blues audiobook, which Amazon won't sell (21 Mar 2023)
  • Pluralistic: Mass tech worker layoffs and the soft landing (21 Mar 2023)
  • Pluralistic: Podcasting "Gig Work Is the Opposite of Steampunk" (20 Mar 2023)
  • Pluralistic: SVB's investors will get $2b in public bailout money (18 Mar 2023)
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