#Politics
Degeneracy is a Symptom - Henry Fudge
https://henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/degeneracy-is-a-symptom →
A really excellent essay about how high-risk, low expected value acts like gambling, trying to go viral, etc. are a symptom of how the incentives have completely changed in the K shaped economy.
Politicians Are Trying to Change What Chatbots Say About Them - New York Times
I have been interested in this idea and this article introduced me to the concept of “Answer Engine Optimization” or AEO. Unlike SEO, right now at least, it seems very easy to move and adjust. And signs are this is rapidly becoming the way to reach people…
Jared KnowlesIt is wild how mainstream Democrats can apparently raise hundreds of millions of dollars and all they can think to do with it is sell my phone number to each other in a circular loop while I text back “STOP” furiously in a game of whack-a-mole.
Record profits, terrible service: something’s got to give for US consumers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/24/customer-service-us-consumers →
Consumer sentiment at an all time low. Corporate profits at an all time high 15% share of GDP. Employee compensation below 10% of GDP. Prices soaring, choice falling. Something has to change. Freedom and liberty can still be restored.
My old graduate school roommate, Daniel Walters a professor at Texas A&M, is co-author on this excellent article about the eroding independence of federal agencies and the opportunity it creates for more executive overreach and erosion of trust in the government.