“Monthly Roundup #18: May 2024” by Zvi

As I note in the third section, I will be attending LessOnline at month's end at Lighthaven in Berkeley. If that is your kind of event, then consider going, and buy your ticket today before prices go up.

This month's edition was an opportunity to finish off some things that got left out of previous editions or where events have left many of the issues behind, including the question of TikTok.

Oh No

All of this has happened before. And all of this shall happen again.

Alex Tabarrok: I regret to inform you that the CDC is at it again.

Marc Johnson: We developed an assay for testing for H5N1 from wastewater over a year ago. (I wasn’t expecting it in milk, but I figured it was going to poke up somewhere.)

However, I was just on a call with the CDC and [...]

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Outline:

(00:29) Oh No

(03:36) Oh No: Betting on Elections

(05:47) Oh Yeah: LessOnline

(07:21) Brief Explanations

(08:33) Patrick McKenzie Monthly

(11:15) Enemies of the People

(12:41) Oh Canada

(15:24) This is NPR

(20:10) Technology Advances

(21:17) TikTok on the Clock

(32:51) Antisocial Media

(34:51) Prosocial Media

(36:01) At the Movies

(37:27) Media Trustworthiness Rankings

(41:40) Government Working

(46:57) Florida Man Bans Lab-Grown Meat

(51:22) Crime and Punishment

(54:00) El Salvador

(58:02) Variously Effective Altruism

(01:02:37) While I Cannot Condone This

(01:06:38) Can Money Buy Happiness?

(01:08:16) Good News, Everyone

(01:09:07) Can’t Sleep Clowns Will Eat Me

(01:10:53) How Great are Great People?

(01:13:20) Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game

(01:21:21) Sports Go Sports

(01:25:20) I Was Promised Flying Self-Driving Cars

(01:26:40) News You Can Use

(01:28:00) The Lighter Side

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First published:
May 13th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/9GLj9DqfpsJBRKHRr/monthly-roundup-18-may-2024

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.