Many things in life are taken for granted by those who have them and deeply desired by those who don’t. With kids, it’s the opposite: those with without them often fail to appreciate what they’re missing out on.

This is where Marketing comes in. AI models will find a way to differentiate themselves from one another in accordance with segment dynamics, even if these differences are mostly superficial.

Interesting model suggesting that adding new housing for rich people reduces prices *more* than adding "affordable" housing pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10…

It is pleasurable to read thought provoking fiction (or, in this case, a parable) regardless of if it is written by a human or an AI. If you need a human to be a creator, then you are missing out as a consumer.

NEW by me: How Europe has let itself get poor, and how it can become rich again. I lay out the four big areas I think Europe needs to reform to prosper again: - Labour markets - Energy - Internal trade - Access to capital Read now below. reason.com/2025/08/25/why…

Just get to the airport early. Find a seat and read or do work. If you have kids, let them run around near you. As an added bonus, you don't have to deal with the stress of long lines (or trying to rush your own children). The downsides of being early are minimal.

An underrated take

I asked Paul Buchheit how they came up with the idea for Gmail to use an invite-only waitlist. (Which was essentially the first software ever to do that!) His response: (Posted with permission)

One of the best LW posts I've read recently, and an absolute smash cut of an opener lesswrong.com/posts/iGF7YcnQ…

Over the last three years, housebuilding in London has collapsed. Molior recorded just 2,158 private starts in the first half of 2025, around 5% of London’s (low) targets, and still falling. What is going on? I have posed this question to numerous specialists, most of whom

“[D]espite the commonly held belief that girls are discriminated against, teacher biases favor girls.”

During Thanksgiving break last year, our AI co-scientist team Google DeepMind Google Research - Juraj Gottweis Alan Karthikesalingam met Prof José R Penadés Tiago Costa of @ImperialCollege. They were nearing a breakthrough on how bacteria share resistance genes and proposed a test for our AI

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Who’s the poster child of a “reputational martyr”: someone who knowingly sacrificed their reputation in service of the greater good?

Shiller P/E Ratio closing in on 40. The only time it's exceeded 40 was near the apex of the dot com bubble.

I long for fiction (novels, tv, etc.) that reflects upon the more disturbing forces of our time. Seems like there's plenty of room for powerful and profound stories that extend beyond what's come before.