Kristian
@kltblom.bsky.social
I really like pickled Herring, and I don't do debates. Representation matters structurally, not just symbolically - different governance structures select for different competencies.
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Kristian
@kltblom.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Why Mamdani Won and The New York Times is so Confused
The information environment is better than it has been in 5000 years
wealthforlife.substack.com
Why Mamdani Won and The New York Times is so Confused
AMI will be an improvement on LLM but neither will be intelligent. Intelligence requires a fully developed identity; an autonomous real self.
Computer scientist Yann LeCun: ‘Intelligence really is about learning’
The AI pioneer on stepping down from Meta, the limits of large language models — and the launch of his new start-up
www.ft.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
AMI will be an improvement on LLM but neither will be intelligent. Intelligence requires a fully developed identity; an autonomous real self.
If we remember that the Anglo/American/Franco/Latin establishments are all Conservative/Patriarchal, it's a lot easier to see clearly how neither Liberal nor Conservative political parties are relevant in the network age. “liberal vs. conservative” politics is performative.
My view is that the establishment is about to fall off a demographic/psychological and cultural cliff. The question is what the new American establishment will stand on in terms of values and principles.
January 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
If we remember that the Anglo/American/Franco/Latin establishments are all Conservative/Patriarchal, it's a lot easier to see clearly how neither Liberal nor Conservative political parties are relevant in the network age. “liberal vs. conservative” politics is performative.
I love America, but I love the Idea of America more. It's time to finish the revolution. It's time to reform the Constitution to prioritize the rights of people, not property.
January 1, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I love America, but I love the Idea of America more. It's time to finish the revolution. It's time to reform the Constitution to prioritize the rights of people, not property.
The Nordic Model makes people's lives better because it's based on evolutionary principles, not political ideology.
Yes, but. It should support him & celebrate energetic, visionary young leaders. (That’d be a big step for Dem leadership.) But pol’s have to actually make their constituents lives better. If Mayor Mamdani pulls off big things in NYC he deserves a national leadership role. Let’s see what happens.
January 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The Nordic Model makes people's lives better because it's based on evolutionary principles, not political ideology.
To an outside observer, American Journalism, in the 21st century is a time capsule from the 19th century. It's a male dominated profession untethered from reality. And that's how completely insane people are routinely normalized and elevated to positions of power, wealth and fame.
There's a simple answer to the question of why Political Science and Economics cannot make reliable forecasts; they are not functional sciences. Evolutionary Biology has answers.
Definitely worth asking why there are so many "is the resistance exhausted" takes before No Kings and the landslide off-year election wins.
I thought the "badasses Spanberger and Sherrill will save the Dems" takes were overcooked. But they were much more right than "is Sherrill blowing it?"
I thought the "badasses Spanberger and Sherrill will save the Dems" takes were overcooked. But they were much more right than "is Sherrill blowing it?"
January 1, 2026 at 4:56 PM
To an outside observer, American Journalism, in the 21st century is a time capsule from the 19th century. It's a male dominated profession untethered from reality. And that's how completely insane people are routinely normalized and elevated to positions of power, wealth and fame.
There's a simple answer to the question of why Political Science and Economics cannot make reliable forecasts; they are not functional sciences. Evolutionary Biology has answers.
Definitely worth asking why there are so many "is the resistance exhausted" takes before No Kings and the landslide off-year election wins.
I thought the "badasses Spanberger and Sherrill will save the Dems" takes were overcooked. But they were much more right than "is Sherrill blowing it?"
I thought the "badasses Spanberger and Sherrill will save the Dems" takes were overcooked. But they were much more right than "is Sherrill blowing it?"
I am annoyed by the persistence of 'resist libs are tired of resisting Trump' line.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
January 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
There's a simple answer to the question of why Political Science and Economics cannot make reliable forecasts; they are not functional sciences. Evolutionary Biology has answers.
Better words than "affordability" are Universal Access
December 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Better words than "affordability" are Universal Access
Brilliant incompetence
There’s this weird thing where the media keeps running profiles of different men telling me that people “hate him because he’s brilliant” and every single time I have to pause for a second to ask “wait, people think he’s brilliant”?
There’s this weird thing where the media keeps running profiles of different women telling me that people “hate her because she’s beautiful” and every single time I have to pause for a second to ask “wait, people think she’s beautiful”?
December 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Brilliant incompetence
Many people cannot distinguish between ideology and knowledge or indoctrination and education. That doesn't mean that we should let such people run our country.
The article accepts the idea that New College was a liberal enclave, and what is happening now is a rebalancing. I think this view is fundamentally wrong, embracing the assumptions of those who see their job as to save campuses from liberalism by any means necessary.
December 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Many people cannot distinguish between ideology and knowledge or indoctrination and education. That doesn't mean that we should let such people run our country.
Every Constitution and institutional structure must evolve. The only reason humanity is still here is precisely because we evolved the ability to design adaptive institutional structures that enabled us to coordinate and cooperate beyond the small group level. The Constitution must be updated.
Ours is the only modern country whose Congress thought our ancient parchment document needed no updating after the horrors of WWII.
Everyone else looked critically at their own and brought it into the 20th century.
Reading Jill Lepore’s newest. jlepore.scholars.harvard.edu/publications...
Everyone else looked critically at their own and brought it into the 20th century.
Reading Jill Lepore’s newest. jlepore.scholars.harvard.edu/publications...
We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution | Jill Lepore
jlepore.scholars.harvard.edu
December 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Every Constitution and institutional structure must evolve. The only reason humanity is still here is precisely because we evolved the ability to design adaptive institutional structures that enabled us to coordinate and cooperate beyond the small group level. The Constitution must be updated.
The division in the world has always been the same. On one side are the people of perception. On the other are the people of belief.
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The division in the world has always been the same. On one side are the people of perception. On the other are the people of belief.
When institutional evolution is prevented by a political faction, environmental changes eventually produce cultural evolution that forces institutional evolution. A messy business.
I wrote this a year ago and it hit a nerve. It is still relevant today:
Each time I have sat down to write something I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I cannot get out of my head. So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
Each time I have sat down to write something I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I cannot get out of my head. So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
www.democracydocket.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
When institutional evolution is prevented by a political faction, environmental changes eventually produce cultural evolution that forces institutional evolution. A messy business.
Propaganda and mass marketing are the greatest threats to your psychological, spiritual and financial autonomy.
December 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Propaganda and mass marketing are the greatest threats to your psychological, spiritual and financial autonomy.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all you wonderful people! Better days are made from darkness. Never stop laughing at evil.
December 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all you wonderful people! Better days are made from darkness. Never stop laughing at evil.
This view naturalizes a particular historical configuration—one that happens to dominate the societies where most economics and evolutionary psychology gets produced. It's the fish-in-water problem: when hierarchy is all you've experienced institutionally, hierarchy looks like "human nature." 1/
the whole AI panic is a grim reminder that nobody actually understands what humans care about: control of other humans. We are willing to pay for stuff that is crafted by other humans because we are animals in a social hierarchy. markets formalize and abstract this but it's what drives them.
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This view naturalizes a particular historical configuration—one that happens to dominate the societies where most economics and evolutionary psychology gets produced. It's the fish-in-water problem: when hierarchy is all you've experienced institutionally, hierarchy looks like "human nature." 1/
Respect
I now have a light-up Am Yisrael Chai necklace thanks to one final Chabad Chanukah lighting. More than ever, it was important not to let the terrorists win. Aside from motzi Shabbos, I attended events every night. #JewSky
December 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Respect
I am not surprised at all. As a member of an indigenous Scandinavian culture and a practicing Christian, I know, as do my kin, that Patriarchy is incompatible with both religion and democracy. These people can call themselves whatever they want, Patriarchal bigots they remain.
Folks, you can’t have Christian Nationalism without the antisemitism. It’s a central tenet of the ideology. The fact some of these Jewish Heritage folks are just realizing this is wild to me.
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I am not surprised at all. As a member of an indigenous Scandinavian culture and a practicing Christian, I know, as do my kin, that Patriarchy is incompatible with both religion and democracy. These people can call themselves whatever they want, Patriarchal bigots they remain.
Egalitarian cultures (like Nordic cultures) think and communicate differently from Patriarchal cultures like the ones in the US and Britain Patriarchal hierarchies produce competition, conflict and misunderstanding. The assumption of equality produces cooperation, harmony and understanding.
December 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Egalitarian cultures (like Nordic cultures) think and communicate differently from Patriarchal cultures like the ones in the US and Britain Patriarchal hierarchies produce competition, conflict and misunderstanding. The assumption of equality produces cooperation, harmony and understanding.
Patriarchy dies hard but dying it is -
Paraphrasing Robert Graves
Paraphrasing Robert Graves
December 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Patriarchy dies hard but dying it is -
Paraphrasing Robert Graves
Paraphrasing Robert Graves
The world is moving toward a Networked Age. A political strategy based on "White culture" and "Patriarchal masculinity" is trying to sell a "wall" to a world that is building "routers."
ICYMI — Vice President JD Vance referred to Minneapolis as “Mogadishu”, said Jasmine Crockett has a fake “street girl” persona, and said “you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore” in 🇺🇸
If you’re sensing a (racist) theme here you are not alone
If you’re sensing a (racist) theme here you are not alone
December 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The world is moving toward a Networked Age. A political strategy based on "White culture" and "Patriarchal masculinity" is trying to sell a "wall" to a world that is building "routers."
Conservative political ideology is structurally incapable of solving modern, real-world problems because it is incompatible with how complex systems actually function, as understood by modern science. Conservatism—especially in its neoliberal form—relies on a pre-modern model of human behavior.
Reagan’s handling of the PATCO strike was not just “anti-union.” It was a decisive rejection of modern knowledge, science and systems thinking in favor of ideological signaling.
You do not coerce high-reliability labor. You invest in it, protect it, and design redundancy around it.
You do not coerce high-reliability labor. You invest in it, protect it, and design redundancy around it.
More than 41% air traffic of controllers work 10-hour weekdays, six days a week, while their pay stagnates and morale crashes -- all reasons the U.S. has a shortage of 3,800 of them.
So a bunch of them are moving to Australia.
www.wsj.com/business/air...
So a bunch of them are moving to Australia.
www.wsj.com/business/air...
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Conservative political ideology is structurally incapable of solving modern, real-world problems because it is incompatible with how complex systems actually function, as understood by modern science. Conservatism—especially in its neoliberal form—relies on a pre-modern model of human behavior.
Hmm if only there was an institutional structure that prevents political interference with the administrative state and the judicial branch.....
Yes, it’s illegal. Like changing it to Department of War, like ten thousand other things. Part of the Trump strategy is to break the law and convey “the rule of law is weak and feminine and laughable and should be overridden by Our Guy.” Trump is fundamentally anti-law.
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NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
December 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Hmm if only there was an institutional structure that prevents political interference with the administrative state and the judicial branch.....
Reagan’s handling of the PATCO strike was not just “anti-union.” It was a decisive rejection of modern knowledge, science and systems thinking in favor of ideological signaling.
You do not coerce high-reliability labor. You invest in it, protect it, and design redundancy around it.
You do not coerce high-reliability labor. You invest in it, protect it, and design redundancy around it.
More than 41% air traffic of controllers work 10-hour weekdays, six days a week, while their pay stagnates and morale crashes -- all reasons the U.S. has a shortage of 3,800 of them.
So a bunch of them are moving to Australia.
www.wsj.com/business/air...
So a bunch of them are moving to Australia.
www.wsj.com/business/air...
These Air-Traffic Controllers Are Leaving Their Jobs—and Heading to Australia
Dozens of controllers have departed the U.S. to take jobs overseeing air-traffic in Australia; ‘everybody knows about it.’
www.wsj.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Reagan’s handling of the PATCO strike was not just “anti-union.” It was a decisive rejection of modern knowledge, science and systems thinking in favor of ideological signaling.
You do not coerce high-reliability labor. You invest in it, protect it, and design redundancy around it.
You do not coerce high-reliability labor. You invest in it, protect it, and design redundancy around it.
Source credibility is a heuristic, not an epistemic criterion. Shortcuts for managing uncertainty under cognitive and time constraints are not a substitute for adequate background knowledge. When credibility replaces comprehension, authority displaces evidence and belief masquerades as knowledge.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Source credibility is a heuristic, not an epistemic criterion. Shortcuts for managing uncertainty under cognitive and time constraints are not a substitute for adequate background knowledge. When credibility replaces comprehension, authority displaces evidence and belief masquerades as knowledge.