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The article argues that political parties often simplify their missions to maximizing GDP (right) or equality (left), but both approaches can lead to undesirable outcomes. It proposes an alternative metric: maximizing th…
The article argues that web browsers should block ads on behalf of users, even if it means running scripts twice to prevent websites from detecting the blocking. The author contends that the web would survive without ad-…
The article argues that online reputation systems should rely on whitelists and subjective, PageRank-like scoring rather than blacklists or global scores, because internet identities can be easily abandoned and recreated…
The article discusses the high cost of housing, particularly for younger adults who struggle to afford homeownership despite stable wages. It explores the hypothetical elimination of mortgage foreclosures, which would in…
The article argues that humanity has already created a "paperclip maximizer" in the form of a global economic system optimized for profit, which operates without any central control or "off switch." It warns that this sy…
Starting in July, apps distributed in France that use non-standard encryption algorithms or implement standard encryption (like AES or RSA) independently of iOS/macOS built-in encryption must comply with French encryptio…