“Monthly Roundup #10: September 2023” by Zvi

It’s that time again. Here’s all the news and items of interest that isn’t something else.

Things that didn’t make it in to try and stand them on their own include whether America or France has better food and various claims related to Y-Combinator, in addition to the usual additional categories of energy, childhood, fertility and housing.

Bad News

All publicity is good publicity, act accordingly and solve for the equilibrium edition.

OnlyFans creators are paying meme aggregation accounts to dunk on their intentionally cringe content. the economics seems to works out really well for everyone involved. saw a creator say ~$200 per post. at 1000s of QTs/RTs, a low conversation rate would still be lucrative.

WeWork may not do so much longer, substantial doubt about staying in business.

37 year old man has $15k in savings, owns his van outright, but has no [...]

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Outline:

(00:25) Bad News

(06:05) Is There a Reliability Crisis in America?

(10:47) Small Problems With Big Tech

(12:10) Google Still Planning to Permanently Delete Inactive Accounts

(13:39) Crypto Might Not Be Entirely Safe

(17:42) Government Working

(22:16) Government Planning

(26:18) Together We Fight Crime

(29:35) How Bad Is Crime, Anyway?

(36:44) The Quest for Mundane Utility

(42:15) Opportunity Knocks

(44:11) Good News, Everyone

(49:19) Money Stuff

(54:33) Our Price Cheap

(57:31) The Efficient Market Hypothesis is False

(01:03:54) Prediction Market Hypothesis

(01:05:32) Modest Proposals

(01:05:58) FDA Delenda Est

(01:09:29) In Medical and Health News

(01:15:52) Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game

(01:21:36) I Was Promised Flying Self-Driving Cars

(01:28:27) While I Cannot Condone This

(01:34:54) The Lighter Side

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First published:
September 6th, 2023

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZoxkWDgDueo5yoakv/monthly-roundup-10-september-2023

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.