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M. Grégoire<p>Via <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a>, a claim that self-driving electric vehicles and drones will revolutionise delivery of goods, increase productivity and remake the economy: <a href="https://austinvernon.site/blog/ailogistics.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">austinvernon.site/blog/ailogis</span><span class="invisible">tics.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/logistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logistics</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/deliveries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deliveries</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>"Europe has more heat deaths per year than the United States loses to gun deaths."</p><p><a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/07/heat-death-sentences-to-ponder.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">marginalrevolution.com/margina</span><span class="invisible">lrevolution/2025/07/heat-death-sentences-to-ponder.html</span></a></p><p>It's also worth reading Sure's analysis of why Americans have lower life expectancy than Europeans. His summary: 'But medicine or "care"? Those just aren't major drivers. Guns, cars, drugs, and, if you must, obesity. That's the ballgame.'</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>There's a discussion of <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> at <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a> : <a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/06/the-effects-of-ranked-choice-voting-on-substantive-representation.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">marginalrevolution.com/margina</span><span class="invisible">lrevolution/2025/06/the-effects-of-ranked-choice-voting-on-substantive-representation.html</span></a></p><p>It's spurred by a recent paper claiming, based on an analysis of (US?) city council elections, that RCV has small effects on outcomes.</p><p>(I'd like to read the paper to better understand the methodology and conclusions.)</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/ElectoralReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralReform</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>I see a claim on Twitter that Americans reporting poor mental health are much more likely to be Ds, and those reporting excellent mental health are much more likely to be Rs. (The claim is from <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/NateSilver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NateSilver</span></a>, but I've seen it elsewhere.)</p><p>1. Can't believe everything you read on the Internet.</p><p>2. Might be true.</p><p>3. I wonder if there's a relationship between mental health and party affiliation in Canada.</p><p><a href="https://x.com/robbysoave/status/1929619568659513537" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/robbysoave/status/192961</span><span class="invisible">9568659513537</span></a></p><p>Via <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>"As a bishop in Peru, Robert Prevost was often on the lookout for used cars that he could buy cheap and fix up himself for use in parishes around his diocese. With cars that were really broken down, he'd watch YouTube videos to learn how to fix them."</p><p><a href="https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/can-american-pope-bring-us-style-fundraising-to-fix-vatican-finances-125060700226_1.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">business-standard.com/world-ne</span><span class="invisible">ws/can-american-pope-bring-us-style-fundraising-to-fix-vatican-finances-125060700226_1.html</span></a></p><p>Via <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>"Euphemisms in the assisted dying debate cloak it in language of compassion and discretion, but behind the veil there are some ugly truths. Some MPs debating the law are offended by terms such as suicide and killing, but if we hide from the reality of the words we use in the debate, we will also hide from the reality of the law."</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/TomTugendhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TomTugendhat</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tomtugendhat.substack.com/p/white-lies-hide-dark-truths" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tomtugendhat.substack.com/p/wh</span><span class="invisible">ite-lies-hide-dark-truths</span></a></p><p>Via <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MAiD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAiD</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/AssistedDying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AssistedDying</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a><br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/DoctorsKillingPatients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoctorsKillingPatients</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>The High Cost of Self-Sufficiency</p><p><a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/06/the-high-cost-of-self-sufficiency.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">marginalrevolution.com/margina</span><span class="invisible">lrevolution/2025/06/the-high-cost-of-self-sufficiency.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfSufficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfSufficiency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HighCost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HighCost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicIndependence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>“We should, as far as it is possible, allow the history of philosophy to break down our present day conceptions, so that our too narrow views of what can and cannot be thought, said, and done are discarded in the face of the record of what has been thought, said, and done.”</p><p>Remembering Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025) - Word on Fire<br><a href="https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/remembering-alasdair-macintyre-1929-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wordonfire.org/articles/rememb</span><span class="invisible">ering-alasdair-macintyre-1929-2025/</span></a></p><p>Via <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a></p><p>(The quote continues in the next post.)</p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/AlasdairMacIntyre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlasdairMacIntyre</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>"New Information Suggests Senior Pfizer Executives Conspired to Delay COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Testing to Influence 2020 Election"<br><a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/05/new-information-suggests-senior-pfizer-executives-conspired-to-delay-covid-19-vaccine-clinical-testing-to-influence-2020-election.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">marginalrevolution.com/margina</span><span class="invisible">lrevolution/2025/05/new-information-suggests-senior-pfizer-executives-conspired-to-delay-covid-19-vaccine-clinical-testing-to-influence-2020-election.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/TylerCowen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TylerCowen</span></a> suggests that this is a crime, if true, because delaying the roll-out of vaccines killed people. There's also the question of election interference.</p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>covid19</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a><br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>An account of the conclave: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/world/europe/conclave-vote-pope-leo-robert-prevost.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/11/world/e</span><span class="invisible">urope/conclave-vote-pope-leo-robert-prevost.html</span></a></p><p>At present Catholics are seeing what they want to see in <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a>. It doesn't seem to have been a hard decision for the cardinals at least.</p><p>Via <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/Church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Church</span></a> <br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/NYTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYTimes</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>Noah Smith reconsiders <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a><br><a href="https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/i-owe-the-libertarians-an-apology" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">noahpinion.blog/p/i-owe-the-li</span><span class="invisible">bertarians-an-apology</span></a></p><p>Not perfect, but so much better than Trumpist <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a>.</p><p>Via <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>"I know that for years, people have said the US debt is unsustainable, but it hasn’t come to roost because we’ve lived through this post-financial crisis, post-pandemic era of very, very low and negative real interest rates. That is not the norm. There’s regression to mean. You know what? It’s happened."</p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/KenRogoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KenRogoff</span></a><br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a><br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>Ryan Petersen on X: "On April 17th the U.S. Trade Representative's office is expected to impose fees of up to $1.5M per port call for ships made in China and for $500k to $1M if the ocean carrier owns a single ship made in China or even has one on order from a Chinese shipyard. 🧵 1/" / X<br><a href="https://x.com/typesfast/status/1909362292367802840" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/typesfast/status/1909362</span><span class="invisible">292367802840</span></a> </p><p>I wonder if one of the consequences of the <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> will be more goods shipped to Canada, then delivered to the US. What's CN trading at?</p><p>Via <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/shipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shipping</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>Will the <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> return manufacturing to the US? This Twitter post gives many practical reasons why the answer is no.</p><p>molson 🧠⚙️ on X: "America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufacturing Back" / X<br><a href="https://x.com/molson_hart/status/1908940952908996984" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/molson_hart/status/19089</span><span class="invisible">40952908996984</span></a></p><p>Via <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturing</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/factories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>factories</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>Did shale gas green the U.S. economy? - ScienceDirect<br><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988325002129" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S0140988325002129</span></a></p><p>"Our findings indicate that the shale gas boom reduced average U.S. annual green house gas emissions per capita by 7.5%."</p><p>Via <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/NaturalGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalGas</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/fracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fracking</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/RobWiblin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobWiblin</span></a> on X: "Prediction market guesses: • 11% chance China attacks Taiwan this year • 70% chance the US would intervene • Then 70% chance China attacks the US back • 20% chance the UK joins in Only guesses... but are they pessimistic or optimistic?"<br><a href="https://x.com/robertwiblin/status/1898335203636007391" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/robertwiblin/status/1898</span><span class="invisible">335203636007391</span></a></p><p>Via <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/PRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PRC</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>USAID's chief economist has resigned. Here's why<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/02/26/g-s1-50584/usaid-economist" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/goats-and-sod</span><span class="invisible">a/2025/02/26/g-s1-50584/usaid-economist</span></a></p><p>It's shameful that the Trump Administration (and <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>) decided <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> would be a good place to start attacking the state.</p><p>Via <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>At <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a>, I see that there's a conversation about the limitations of LLMs. I chipped in regarding <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/StructuralEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StructuralEngineering</span></a> .</p><p><a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/02/dwarkeshs-question.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">marginalrevolution.com/margina</span><span class="invisible">lrevolution/2025/02/dwarkeshs-question.html</span></a></p><p>1/2</p>
M. Grégoire<p>"Throughout the 1870s and 1880s, Tolstoy wrote stories for the children who lived on his family estate; they went on to become popular throughout Russia and summon up the same feelings of delight and warmth that you find in Anna Karenina’s suicide scene."</p><p>Katherine Rundell · Why children’s books?<br><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n02/katherine-rundell/why-children-s-books#:~:text=In%20being%20written%20for%20those,a%20piece%20of%20concentrated%20meaning" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n02/ka</span><span class="invisible">therine-rundell/why-children-s-books#:~:text=In%20being%20written%20for%20those,a%20piece%20of%20concentrated%20meaning</span></a>.</p><p>Via <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>Reading <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarginalRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalRevolution</span></a> this morning, I came across the following fact:</p><p>"Due to recent mass immigration under Trudeau, Canada's sex ratio has become very skewed. [10% more males than females between ages of 20 and 29.] The effects of a large sex imbalance have not been extensively studied, but I believe it could lead to many negative outcomes, such as frustration, loneliness, and sexual violence."</p><p><a href="https://x.com/jonatanpallesen/status/1869447322696028593" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/jonatanpallesen/status/1</span><span class="invisible">869447322696028593</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a><br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanPol</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a></p>
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