The Mind Killer Episode 104 - Meet the New Candidates. Same as the Old Candidates
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community
News discussed:
Alabama passed a law protecting IVF providers from liability
Anti-abortion groups are not happy about it
Putin threatens nukes if western troops used, again
SCOTUS voted 9-0 to allow Trump on the Ballot
Biden gave a big speech and didn’t sound too old!
Congress swamped with calls to not ban TikTok after TikTok mobilized users with easy “call now” button.
Trump flipped flopped and is pro-TikTok now after meeting with a big TikTok investor
Wendy’s introduces dynamic pricing
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI for not being open enough and being too much AI
US evacuates Haitian embassy staff amid gang violence
Oregon re-criminalized drugs after downtown turned into a nightmare
Gaza Ministry of Health blatantly fakes casualty numbers
Spanish soldiers change gender
Claude 3 gets ~60% accuracy on GPQA
Humanoid robot startup Figure AI valued at $2.6B as Bezos, OpenAI, Nvidia invest $675M
Happy News!
Sacramento eliminated exclusionary zoning
France makes history by enshrining abortion rights in its constitution
Detroit is considering Georgist land value taxes!
CDC’s new COVID guidance now matches public health advice for flu and other respiratory illnesses
FDA approves a drug for frostbite
Garbage collectors came across a fire. 49yo Steve Whitehouse climbed up to a 2nd-floor balcony three times to rescue a man, a woman, and their dog, before firefighters arrived.
Zvi: “We Can’t Help But Notice” AI post
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