politics
How people actually hold political views: tribes, partisanship, and whether anybody reasons their way in.
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Nate Silver quoted
Our readingElections are often decided by narrow margins.
Their wordsThat’s not a particularly likely outcome, but elections are often decided on the margins.
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Nate Silver quoted
Their wordsmidterm races in the modern era tend not to change all that much between Labor Day and Election Day.
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Nate Silver quoted
Their wordsA new poll in Michigan or Maine or South Carolina or Alaska pretty much affects that state and that state only.
- 8 days earlier
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David Heinemeier Hansson quoted
Their wordsThe world would be so fucking boring if we constantly sought 100% compatibility in our opinions and in our politics. And when it comes to my code generator, which is what Claude is, I don't need it to share all my politics.
↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux | Lex Fridman Podcast #501youtube.com 30th of 41 in this recording
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David Heinemeier Hansson quoted
Their wordsSo I actually think liberals and conservatives should work together. I think the country would be much worse off if there's a complete separation between the tribes, and then there can't be any overlap or interaction. And I think that mingling is so much easier to do if you just don't focus on your differences all the time. Focus on what you like together.
↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux | Lex Fridman Podcast #501youtube.com 38th of 41 in this recording
- 6 days earlier
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Elon Musk quoted
Our readingMost people do not reason about politics at all — they adopt whatever their tribe hands them.
Their wordsThe reality is that most people unthinkingly believe whatever their political tribe tells them to believe. Like an NPC in a video game.
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David Heinemeier Hansson quoted
Their wordsAnd it was the best money we've ever spent on anything related to culture, maybe anything at all. Of all the things that I bought, that peace of mind we bought with those payouts was just priceless.
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- 2 weeks earlier
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Balaji Srinivasan quoted
Their wordsUnfortunately, no, because politics is about people who disagree with you. If you’re working with computers, or robots, or pure math, you don’t have politics.
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Balaji Srinivasan quoted
Their wordsThe primary axis is no longer the politico-economic axis of capitalism-vs-communism, but the ethno-cultural axis of ethnomasochism-vs-ethnonationalism.
↗The Network Statethenetworkstate.com 11th of 25 in this piece
- 17 years earlier
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Peter Thiel quoted
Their wordsIn our time, the great task for libertarians is to find an escape from politics in all its forms — from the totalitarian and fundamentalist catastrophes to the unthinking demos that guides so-called “social democracy.”
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Peter Thiel quoted
Their wordsA better metaphor is that we are in a deadly race between politics and technology. The future will be much better or much worse, but the question of the future remains very open indeed.