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Derek Thompson

@dkthomp

Writer @TheAtlantic. "Plain English" podcast host @Ringer. Co-author of Abundance.

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linkhttps://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Progress-Takes-Ezra-Klein/dp/1668023482/ calendar_today04-05-2009 18:41:21

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Medicaid is the backbone of both the American safety net and the American economy. Slashing it by hundreds of billions of dollars is no routine policy disagreement—it’s an existential threat to the lives and livelihoods of millions. The consequences won’t be confined by party or

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Oxford Economics report finds employment for 22-27 y.o. college grads in computer science and mathematical occupations is down 8% since 2022: "Recent and experienced college graduate unemployment rates have always been lower than the national average, until now"

Oxford Economics report finds employment for 22-27 y.o. college grads in computer science and mathematical occupations is down 8% since 2022: "Recent and experienced college graduate unemployment rates have always been lower than the national average, until now"
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New SF public school plan would - eliminate homework and weekly tests from counting toward semester grade - allow students to take the final exam multiple times - convert all B grades into As, and all Fs into Cs It’s hard to see the difference between this policy and what

New SF public school plan would 

- eliminate homework and weekly tests from counting toward semester grade
- allow students to take the final exam multiple times
- convert all B grades into As, and all Fs into Cs 

It’s hard to see the difference between this policy and what
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I try to stay in my San Jose lane, but as a former East Side public school teacher I have to say — this is a terrible disservice to our students. Lowering standards does not help children. It hurts them.

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This is an incredible progress story An aggressive type of cancer (Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia) used to carry a dismal prognosis, with 50% of patients dying in a year New therapies have transformed it to a cancer that most people are cured of

This is an incredible progress story

An aggressive type of cancer (Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia) used to carry a dismal prognosis, with 50% of patients dying in a year

New therapies have transformed it to a cancer that most people are cured of
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The best way for the US to stay ahead of China is to poach their talent. It’s reasonable to target individuals who pose a real security risk, but it’s self-sabotage to go after anyone in a broad field like AI. ~90% of Chinese STEM PhDs stay in the US and help us keep an edge.

The best way for the US to stay ahead of China is to poach their talent.

It’s reasonable to target individuals who pose a real security risk, but it’s self-sabotage to go after anyone in a broad field like AI.

~90% of Chinese STEM PhDs stay in the US and help us keep an edge.
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This is a great illustration of why I'm skeptical of writers and analysts who put slogans and political messaging before policy substance. Good policy makes it easier to do good messaging. Putting your name on shitty laws makes it easier to get stuck in bad messaging. You

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Our economic policy is so, so strange and bad. A bizarre combination of hating trade and hating elites has led us to be furious about the fact our policies send low-value manufacturing work overseas ... while we target high-value science for destruction and send it overseas.

Our economic policy is so, so strange and bad. A bizarre combination of hating trade and hating elites has led us to be furious about the fact our policies send low-value manufacturing work overseas ... while we target high-value science for destruction and send it overseas.