The Mind Killer Episode 98 - No Ballot for You!
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community
News discussed:
Guyana & Venezuela both pledged not to use force
The likely first longevity drug is based on sketchy science.
Colorado Supreme Court banned Trump’s name from the ballot
Ivy league presidents are terrible at PR
Epic Games v. Google found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly.
Texas makes illegally crossing the border a state crime, enabling state police to arrest suspects
Texas Supreme Court ruled that “good faith belief” of doctor is not enough for exception to abortion ban
Giuliani ordered to pay $148M for spreading lies about Georgia election workers
Biden Administration announced it is setting new policy that will allow it to seize patents for medicines developed with government funding if it believes their prices are too high.
House formally approves Biden impeachment inquiry
Happy News!
Tesla drops a demo video of Optimus Gen2
The FDA approved two sickle cell disease treatments, including its first-ever approval of a therapy that uses the groundbreaking gene-editing tool CRISPR
Troop Deployments
TracingWoodgrains’ post about Nonlinear and Lightcone
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