radomysisky
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Comment · 6 years ago
To the coffers of the CCP.
Comment · 6 years ago
Far-left ideology has claimed more lives than far-right ideology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killings_under_communist_...
Comment · 6 years ago
OP says:
> This is not a conscious act. It's more like gravity. Gallivanting glaciers. Or weather.
I'm saying it's naïve to believe this, along with the other incidents mentioned within the article, aren't intentional. As if the west is immune to concerted censorship efforts and the only explanation is unconscious bias.
Comment · 6 years ago
It would be naïve to believe the west is immune. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution
Comment · 6 years ago
NYT subscribers: to cancel your subscription online, change your address to California and a button will appear allowing you to cancel immediately. Unsubscribing won’t change much, as they can afford it. What will is freezing them out.
By RTing #ghostnyt you commit to not talking to NYT reporters or giving them quotes. Go direct if you have something to say.
Comment · 6 years ago
NPR isn't explicitly biased, but it does lean left. A recent example:
> Even In A Pandemic, WHO Believes That Public Protests Are Important
> June 8, 2020 5:40 PM ET
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/06/08/8724198...
14 minutes later
> Trump To Restart Political Rallies This Month Despite Coronavirus Pandemic
> June 8, 2020 5:54 PM ET
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0...
Comment · 6 years ago
The NYT should be seen as a tech company. The New York Times Company is a multibillion dollar multinational. One can argue that its monetisation has improved even as its audience has narrowed.
It’s not neutral. A direct competitor is not a neutral arbiter. $NYT is one of the hottest tech stocks this year.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2020-05-28/five-t...
> One that's doing phenomenally well is the New York Times itself. It's well known that many big tech companies (or at least their shares) are booming amid the Covid crisis. But so far this year, the NYT is doing better than names like Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. Of the tech megacaps, only Amazon is doing better. If it hasn't been clear before, it should be obvious to everyone now that the NYT is a tech company and a tech stock. It benefits from network effects and accelerating economies of scale like any other tech company. It's booming in the podcast space. It's got popular apps for cooking and games. It's even rolling out its own proprietary platform for online ad targeting next year, cutting off third-party players.
Comment · 6 years ago
If you haven't read it, I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup (archive link required now):
https://web.archive.org/web/20200419232247/https://slatestar...
Comment · 6 years ago
Taleb isn't targeting well-educated laymen when he talks of IYIs. He's speaking of intellectuals who are divorced from reality. As he puts it, "No skin in the game", e.g. economists, journalists, forecasters, career academics, social "scientists", etc.
Comment · 6 years ago
GGS lays out well reasoned arguments for historical disparities, though in the 21st century geographical burdens all but disappear.