So this is Rupert Murdoch reading my book on universal basic income, the 15-hour workweek, and open borders around the globe. I'm sure he'll love it.

RT @jburnmurdoch: NEW: Progressives have a birth rate problem. For all the talk of a general fall in births, the drop is overwhelmingly dri….

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RT @Lewis_Bollard: It's hard to fathom the scale of factory farming. Factory farms today confine more animals globally than the number of….

RT @ShakeelHashim: Last year, the crypto industry set up a network of super PACs. Its strategy? Throw huge amounts of money at politicians….

RT @cbonneauimages: Today in Utrecht a grim milestone was marked; for the 2nd year in a row, a Dutch activist group laid out children’s sho….

AMAZING result from a 10-year study: a one-time $1,000 cash transfer to households in rural Kenya cut infant mortality by 48%. One of the biggest gains EVER seen in global health. “The best way to save a child’s life is to give a mother money when she needs it most.”

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It’s really important to stress that the picture in poorer countries is *completely* different. If anything, I’m even more optimistic about cash transfers there than I was back in 2014. Just this week, a new GiveDirectly study found that a one-time $1,000 transfer to households.

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RT @evavivalt: @rcbregman @KelseyTuoc But if you’re a policymaker and you have a particular goal in mind, like improving children’s educati….

RT @evavivalt: @rcbregman @KelseyTuoc I also think giving people freedom of choice is not worth nothing. Cash expands one’s capabilities to….

RT @evavivalt: @rcbregman @KelseyTuoc I remember talking with @rcbregman about our trial when it was still underway and we didn't know what….

RT @KirkegaardEmil: 20 years of growth mindset mania, millions of dollars spent on research, interventions, and hype. What have we learned?….

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It's a bit painful for me to share this, but I respect @KelseyTuoc (and @evavivalt) a lot, and I think they're basically right: the most rigorous recent studies on basic income and cash transfers (in rich countries) have yielded pretty disappointing results.

RT @dwarkesh_sp: Before I interviewed @Lewis_Bollard, I had assumed that factory farming was on its way out (especially given new tech like….

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RT @ianbremmer: left: violent crime in the usa and uk (tanking).right: the share who believe crime is on the rise (steady/growing) https://….

RT @Noahpinion: People realize these are vaccines for CANCER, right?. Like, cancer was going to become a treatable disease because of this….

Really thought-provoking piece, and I say that as someone who enjoys a drink now and then. I’ve always found it striking how many abolitionists and suffragettes were also advocates of temperance (abstinence from alcohol).

Reminds me of that time when Greece faked its economic stats and prosecuted its chief statistician, Andreas Georgiou, for telling the truth. Spoiler: this didn't end well for Greece. Reality is that thing that's still there, even when you stop believing in it.