…may have had little effect on the spread of the virus.
This was shooting ourselves in the foot, on full auto.
Category Archives: Economics
Escape From 2020
If it makes you feel any better, next year may be worse.
Perrow writes about how the failure of a complex, highly-coupled system can be catastrophic. I used his book, Normal Accidents, as a source for my book.
Launch-Cost Bleg
I’m giving a talk on the economics of spaceflight on Friday in Omaha. Does anyone have a chart showing the cost per flight as a function of flight rate for both expendables and reusables? Doesn’t need to have citable numbers in it, just looking for something conceptual.
Recycling Programs
With city budgets declining, it’s time to rethink them.
It’s time to rethink lots of things, but we don’t usually do it until under duress. The virus has been helpful in that regard in many cases.
Good Job, Guys
Wasting water to save water.
California
Why Ben Shapiro is leaving.
[Friday-morning update]
Can California’s green extremism go national?
I hope not.
Trump’s Taxes
No, you idiots, that’s not how taxes work.
Moore’s Law
…is alive and well?
AI Philosophy
This is a couple years old, but I just came across it. Allison is one of the most brilliant women I know; her beauty is lagniappe.