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This article gives a few reasons to doubt the Simulation Hypothesis. First I link some related literature, then I steelman the argument, then I give some reasons to doubt it. On prior literature, Robin Hanson gives some good reasons to doubt that we live in a Simulation: 2021, Fading Past Blocks Simulation Argument 2020, Currents … Read more
This article forecasts the price of flying transportation over time by arguing that flying transportation is revolutionary transportation, and Tesla was also revolutionary transportation, therefore we can estimate the dynamic price trend of flying transportation by looking at how Tesla did over time. Today I read that a French inventor had flown on a hover … Read more
It’s obvious in elementary economic theory that free information permits optimal competition, pricing, economic growth, and social health in many other forms. This theory, however, is often practically contested. This article gives a concrete example of secrecy impacting competition. Elon Musk has a company called SpaceX. This company can, among other things, launch satallites. The … Read more