Natalie Leonard

Research Associate, @YPFSatYale | UChicago '20

[The Chicago Maroon @ChicagoMaroon]

All social science Core classes at UChicago will transition to an “analog” approach for the upcoming academic year, restricting in-classroom technology use and banning AI-assisted writing and grading for students and professors.
https://t.co/RDHe1CllOO

[Natalie Leonard @nataliel663]

@rSanti97 Sergei Witte model:

1) low tariffs, market access for technology transfer
2) high tariffs to protect nascent domestic industry
3) low tariffs to maintain competitiveness

Unclear how this could work for eg intel

https://t.co/Ph1kS8lr08

[Gabriel @gbrl_dick]

one thing ezra and derek are dancing around in their abundance press tour is that a significant reason the left doesn’t care about the effectiveness of government is because the beneficiaries of dysfunctional government are an interest group represented by the democrats

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

Stocks are up cause of Jevons Paradox. As soon as they went down in price, everyone could afford to buy more of them.

[Blake Scholl 🛫 @bscholl]

In America, you can just do things 🇺🇸

[Agnes Callard @AgnesCallard]

If we were designed to think solo, monologue would be easier than dialogue.

Dialogue involves INCREDIBLY complex acts of prediction, coordination, task-switching and mind-reading--yet we find it MUCH easier than monologue.

Why? Maybe thinking is a bicycle built for 2.

[Gabriel @gbrl_dick]

important to temper your expectations re: stargate imo. historically masa-san has aimed for a real ROI roughly between negative 2 per cent and positive 1 per cent on investments greater than one billion dollars.

[David Lynch @DAVID_LYNCH]

David Lynch, our beloved dad, was a guiding light of creativity, love, and peace. On Monday, January 20th—what would have been his 79th birthday—we invite you all to join us in a worldwide group meditation at 12:00pm NOON PST for 10 minutes.

Let us come together, wherever we are, to honor his legacy by spreading peace and love across the world. Please take this time to meditate, reflect, and send positivity into the universe.

Thank you for being part of this celebration of his life.

Love,

Jennifer, Austin, Riley and Lula Lynch

[Natalie Leonard @nataliel663]

a new kind of feudalism? but it’s better than the last feudalism because there’s now dark and mystical productive power

[Natalie Leonard @nataliel663]

maybe if you’re trying to imagine the post singularity economy the right framing is wizard fantasy

potential abundance, an elevated few (the wizard/AI class) who treat the rest of the pop with indifference/patrician love/racism, the poor run little curiosity shops and bnb’s

[Natalie Leonard @nataliel663]

the elevated minority who were the toiling pmc but now no longer really need to work invent new aristocracies, get into stupid but beautiful love squabbles, use their powers to feud with each other at high cost to everyone

[Abhi @abhigeneralbio]

I am hiring talented FULL-TIME/ INTERN chemical engineers in New Haven, CT and Boston, MA. Preferred start ASAP, but intern dates flexible. DM or email me at abhi at generalbiological dot com with personal projects. You will construct our pilot plant! https://t.co/T48IYINH1j.

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

New data just released for August:

Last month, Texas built more solar than the rest of the country combined.

[Sam Mellins @SamMellins]

NEW: As the MTA faces a $16.5 billion deficit, the Hochul admin is gearing up to spend over $1 billion on a highway widening that will save drivers...six minutes:

https://t.co/mxVXtOhInd

[Natalie Leonard @nataliel663]

Wang going for the kill shot

[Preston Mui @PrestonMui]

@employamerica Once you strip out those Beryl temporary layoffs, it really just looks like a continuation of the trend over the last few months: the labor market continues to slow. If things held here, it would be fine, but the question is will it?

[n+1 @nplusonemag]

Next Thursday, July 25: join us at the n+1 office to celebrate the print debut of the great @mouse_magazine. RSVPs required!
https://t.co/YsK4P8WRf0

[Open New York @OpenNYForAll]

cheap rents = good art
high rents = no artists in your city

let's build some housing before New York becomes boring