Ethan Tran

Tech policy and antitrust, diehard epub reader, @DavidsonCollege

[Ethan Tran @EthanT17888]

My latest at @WSJFreeEx. Too often we blame coporations and social media for our own flaws.

https://t.co/AGAUKKJ10p

[Ethan Tran @EthanT17888]

@ProjectLiberal Ending checks out

[Ethan Tran @EthanT17888]

@garrxttt Class act from Dimon

[Free Expression @WSJFreeEx]

Technology has made rage cheaper to produce and easier to find. When we blame big business or social-media algorithms, we dodge the tougher question—not who sells the rage, but why we keep buying it, writes @EthanT17888
https://t.co/xgK3NEPOrm

[Brad Wilcox @BradWilcoxIFS]

Nearly 1 in 5 prime-age men aren’t working full-time. The usual story: de-industrialization. The untold story: demoralization:

✅ ~800K open jobs in manufacturing, construction, mining, etc
✅ Nonworking men: ~5.5 hrs/day on videos, gaming & porn
✅ 1 in 4+ idle men use marijuana regularly

Too many men are demoralized by our "addiction economy" which renders them unable to embrace many of the jobs available in today's economy. @KeithNHumphreys & Brent Orrell @TheAtlantic https://t.co/sdWilfNwdS

[Kali @Kali_de_Armas]

Aristotle says that arguing with random people is a waste of time because the average person doesn't know how to argue and therefore will not help you become better at it (let alone help you clarify a point). A nice thought to post on the "argue with random people" app.

[Free Expression @WSJFreeEx]

Technology has made rage cheaper to produce and easier to find. When we blame big business or social-media algorithms, we dodge the tougher question—not who sells the rage, but why we keep buying it, writes @EthanT17888
https://t.co/1baPJwJbz3

[Free Expression @WSJFreeEx]

Sidney Lumet’s “Network” (1976) predicted today’s information ecosystem, many Hollywood and media figures say, with capitalism as the force behind its decay. That isn’t quite right, writes @EthanT17888
https://t.co/TZ8o0TPjLU

[Ethan Tran @EthanT17888]

@AdamThierer @edtarnowski @Meta glasses helping legally-blind vets should have been front page news.

[Free Expression @WSJFreeEx]

Today: @continetti embraces the season of sports; @Hannah_Cristine supports the midwives; @EthanT17888 disputes why the younger generation is “mad as hell;” and @Schneider_CM buys stuff. Plus, @MattHennessey relays a message from the autobots.
https://t.co/pbKXFZ1p5j

[Ethan Tran @EthanT17888]

@Noahpinion Netflix also has a terrible catalog of films. Like YouTube Movies has a better list...and it's free.

[Ethan Tran @EthanT17888]

@Freddygray31 Literally me. I have a Robert Bork and Hayek bot.

[WIRED @WIRED]

The internet told them Europe was a social paradise. Turns out the trains are awful, the health care isn’t free, and people can be really mean. https://t.co/Hs4uzWMxxO

[Ethan Tran @EthanT17888]

@isaac_schorr Do they usually use profanity? Like why?

[Ethan Tran @EthanT17888]

@PhilWMagness Lose-lose ballot for the 12 classical liberal Zoomers in Texas.

[Ethan Tran @EthanT17888]

@CaitlinPacific I swear that 10% of the day was the teacher figuring out how to use the smartboard.

[Caitlin Flanagan @CaitlinPacific]

If only we could get them back to fully appointed classrooms and teach them micro/macro economics and that capitalism lifted billions of people out of poverty 1990’s - 2010

O for a muse of fire and smart board!

[Ethan Tran @EthanT17888]

@Panegyrick @cafreiman But definitely when you're SK comparing to NL.

[Robynnnnnn @robynngarfield]

Elizabeth Warren about to accuse Elon of having monopoly on flying cars.

[Ethan Tran @EthanT17888]

Old column at this point. But here's my thoughts on the end of the Paramount debacle.
https://t.co/PvuRWHLvWa