An American Pickle! The one with Seth Rogan playing two roles. Everyone I’ve talked to who’s seen it thought it was awful but I really enjoyed the premise and the ideas that it presented. What if i had to show the present day world to a long gone relative at the same age?

Can someone explain what this means or what they’re doing? All I know is that habeas corpus has something to do with you actually showing up in court, physically. It means something like “have the body,” in Latin (?)

I agree! I’m quite hopeful about this because I think the instability in fossil fuel supply has been quite the wake up call for Europe. Time to go big on renewables. Just to be sure, we’re cutting it close but it helps to see data that shows that we’re headed in the right direction. It’s also crazy how much good will I think the Chinese will create in the global south by helping them to electrify reliably, something that can be done very incrementally with solar instead of the “jumpier” more discretized introduction of a massive power plant every so many years.

Same thoughts! “Prediction market trading?!” Y’all are gambling!

Thanks for your thorough answer. I read your post and the first few links. I don’t disagree with what you write, but wouldn’t it be a start to disallow the algorithmic techniques that maximize the amount of time someone uses the app? The first link talks about a U-shaped curve where there’s a “usage sweet spot” for kids’ wellbeing. Don’t things that work to prevent overuse (i.e. ending up on the far end of the U-curve) help? Stuff like no infinite scroll, limiting the amount of non-subscribed content shown in the feed, etc.?

Why’s that? I’m curious to hear the counter-arguments

Smart move, this is great to see! I think it’s pragrmatic on the EU’s part. I think we all know from browsing other platforms with infinite scroll that having to click ‘next’ at the end of the page for the 20th time is enough of a jolt to conclude, “that’s enough of this for now,” and to move on with your day