Ben PodgurskyLegislative Performance Futures — Incentivize Good Laws by Monetizing the FutureThere are net-positive legislative policies which legislators won’t enact, because they only help people in the medium to far future. For…Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021
Ben PodgurskyGPT-3 is the Elephant, not the RiderThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt explains the link between our conscious, calculating mind and our subconscious, instinctive mind with…Jul 20, 2020Jul 20, 2020
Ben PodgurskyBad Blood: Theranos, Yelp reviews, and LinkedIn profile viewsBad Blood is the history of Theranos. It’s written by John Carreyrou. John is not just some random journalist-turned-novelist — he’s the…May 30, 2020May 30, 2020
Ben PodgurskyThe Imperial High Modernist Cathedral vs The BazaarOr: I Thought I was a Programmer but now I’m worried I’m a High ModernistMay 24, 2020May 24, 2020
Ben PodgurskyPeacetime Bureaucracy / Wartime BureaucracyPeacetime bureaucracy forces all tests through the CDC. Wartime bureaucracy allows hospitals to run their own tests.Apr 30, 2020Apr 30, 2020
Ben PodgurskyThe Decadent Society: Maybe the internet isn’t actually a force for changeI recently read (well, absorbed via Audible) The Decadent Society by Ross Douthat. tl,dr (summary, not opinion):Apr 24, 2020Apr 24, 2020
Ben PodgurskyIneffective AltruismTexas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick hung up a morality piñata when he had the audacity to state, on record, that he’d be willing to take risks with…Apr 4, 2020Apr 4, 2020
Ben PodgurskyinCloudWrightIntroducing CloudWrightToday we are announcing an open beta for CloudWright, a platform for anyone to build serverless applications in their own cloud which…Apr 1, 2020Apr 1, 2020
Ben PodgurskyYou Should be AngryIf you are under the age of 30, in the west, your future has turned grim. In a fair world, you would be in the streets, screaming to get…Mar 22, 2020Mar 22, 2020
