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Why the "Open Convention" proposal only appeals to Op-Ed columnists.
Political campaigns are supposed to tell a coherent story. Nominee-by-acclamation is Good, Actually.
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A Campaign Reset
Thank you, Mr. President.
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What The Campaign Is For
Biden is the candidate. The stakes are existential. The whole point of a campaign is that poll numbers in July are not immutable destiny.
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Bullet Points: Ideological Axe-Grinding
Liner notes on a couple recent book reviews
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A Supreme Court Decision with a Body Count
The Supreme Court majority are extremist, partisan ideologues. They are not subtle about it.
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June 2024

Debate notes
It was a bad night. But at least its over. ...Right?
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What's in a name? "AI" versus "Machine Learning"
Are large language models a new *general purpose technology,* or an incremental advancement on existing technologies?
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[REPOST] Will the climate crisis be a boon for authoritarians?
Revisiting a two-year-old piece
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The Republican Party has belonged to Trump for a long time
Ruminating on the timescale of the past eight years.
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May 2024

Keeping Up with the Collinses
The dreary end of the Pronatalist "movement."
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Bullet Points: Internet Time ain't what it used to be.
The Apple Ad, 90s consumer technology, and an AI anniversary
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What Elon Musk's favorite game tells us about him
A review, of sorts, of Polytopia.
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