Paul Topping
@paultopping.bsky.social
Founder and former CEO of Design Science, Inc. Now working on artificial general intelligence (AGI). Innate knowledge is the biggest missing piece.
Good one!
"That is the problem with big echo chambers: from the middle of them, you can’t feel the walls."
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"That is the problem with big echo chambers: from the middle of them, you can’t feel the walls."
www.economist.com/culture/2026...
Who’s afraid of Tucker Carlson?
The provocateur’s story is also the story of America, says a new biography
www.economist.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Good one!
"That is the problem with big echo chambers: from the middle of them, you can’t feel the walls."
www.economist.com/culture/2026...
"That is the problem with big echo chambers: from the middle of them, you can’t feel the walls."
www.economist.com/culture/2026...
To my way of thinking, "he didn't have to do that" means the shooting was unjustified and, therefore, a crime.
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ESPN Host Slammed After Sharing His Hot Take About ICE Shooting Of Renee Good
Seriously, Stephen?
www.comicsands.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM
To my way of thinking, "he didn't have to do that" means the shooting was unjustified and, therefore, a crime.
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Obviously MAGA is now behind the overthrow of Maduro because it was successful. Before, they recognized that such an effort had a good chance of failing. But, most importantly, they don't care at all whether it was legal or the right thing to do.
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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Our polling with YouGov shows what MAGA-land thinks about Venezuela
Comparing polls before and after the capture of Nicolás Maduro reveals a sharp turn in Donald Trump’s base
www.economist.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Obviously MAGA is now behind the overthrow of Maduro because it was successful. Before, they recognized that such an effort had a good chance of failing. But, most importantly, they don't care at all whether it was legal or the right thing to do.
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
It's what Hitler would have done.
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
It's what Hitler would have done.
Yeah, that's not how I remember it. No one held back because there were too many guilty politicians. Instead, the guilty politicians successfully blocked our efforts to obtain justice. And, by "guilty politicians", I mean virtually all Republicans.
I think people did not want to believe the obvious truth: that January 6th was an attempted coup that was abetted by the highest levels of the Republican Party.
It would’ve meant arresting, trying, and possibly imprisoning many of America’s most powerful politicians.
It would’ve meant arresting, trying, and possibly imprisoning many of America’s most powerful politicians.
I think people weren’t really ready to come to terms with what it meant. A lot of the policy response after (e.g., suggestions to add a domestic terrorism statute) missed the forest for the trees. These weren’t rogue extremists — it was key members of one of two major political parties here.
January 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Yeah, that's not how I remember it. No one held back because there were too many guilty politicians. Instead, the guilty politicians successfully blocked our efforts to obtain justice. And, by "guilty politicians", I mean virtually all Republicans.
Not measuring the true impact of a policy change IS ignoring the possible harms of well-meaning policy. We should decide how much weight to give those hurt by a policy rather than have that done for us.
"But can't we talk about the people this policy harms?" is a good way to never enact policy that helps a whole lotta people. It's not that you ignore the possible harms of well meaning policy, but you have to be careful about how much weight you give them.
December 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Not measuring the true impact of a policy change IS ignoring the possible harms of well-meaning policy. We should decide how much weight to give those hurt by a policy rather than have that done for us.
Obviously. My point is that the losing side has to be quantified for a fair assessment.
Every policy has winners and losers. The goal of good policy is to maximize the winners while minimizing the losers. Congestion pricing does this remarkably well a) given the stats on who drives into Manhattan and b) how it offers remedies such as tax credits to low-income drivers.
It sounds like a very good thing but wouldn't the analysis be more fair if inconvenience and cost to some was included? Don't know how you measure it but it should definitely be included. Virtually nothing is 100% win-win.
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Obviously. My point is that the losing side has to be quantified for a fair assessment.
Yeah, I don't listen to women, I just vote for them, Hillary and Harris. Your insane takes on people are why Trump won. Take a chill pill and look around you.
This guy's problem is that he doesn't listen to women. Just tunes them out.
Having the correct positions on various issues is not sufficient to make a good candidate. Harris was terrible because she could not express a compelling story of why she should be president. If we could read her mind, it wouldn't surprise me if she simply thought it was her turn.
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Yeah, I don't listen to women, I just vote for them, Hillary and Harris. Your insane takes on people are why Trump won. Take a chill pill and look around you.
All this talk about MTG and her possible changes in position makes me wonder why it should matter. I would assume that most of those commenting would never vote for her no matter the office she seeks. I certainly would not.
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
All this talk about MTG and her possible changes in position makes me wonder why it should matter. I would assume that most of those commenting would never vote for her no matter the office she seeks. I certainly would not.
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For 50 years the right has been telling us that the appropriate response to this is to open fire on these goons. They say we need assault weapons as a bulwark against a tyrannical government snatching people off the streets.
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
For 50 years the right has been telling us that the appropriate response to this is to open fire on these goons. They say we need assault weapons as a bulwark against a tyrannical government snatching people off the streets.
I'm surprised to see this kind of thing in 2025. Anyone who thinks the OS or the programming language one uses makes a good programmer is himself not a good programmer.
www.yegor256.com/2025/10/05/w...
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Programmers, Don't Use Windows!
Windows turns programmers into mouse operators. macOS, built on Unix, keeps the command line alive—where everything is a file, tools connect through pipelines, and real programmers stay in control.
www.yegor256.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I'm surprised to see this kind of thing in 2025. Anyone who thinks the OS or the programming language one uses makes a good programmer is himself not a good programmer.
www.yegor256.com/2025/10/05/w...
www.yegor256.com/2025/10/05/w...
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Oh my god lol
This Dutch late night host absolutely eviscerates Trump and Disney- you gotta watch how
This Dutch late night host absolutely eviscerates Trump and Disney- you gotta watch how
September 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Oh my god lol
This Dutch late night host absolutely eviscerates Trump and Disney- you gotta watch how
This Dutch late night host absolutely eviscerates Trump and Disney- you gotta watch how
Excellent article by @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social taking issue with @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social's recent “[Charlie] Kirk was practicing politics in exactly the right way” article. As Grossman says, the MSM "are adamantly opposed to recognizing bad faith". This is exactly the problem.
September 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Excellent article by @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social taking issue with @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social's recent “[Charlie] Kirk was practicing politics in exactly the right way” article. As Grossman says, the MSM "are adamantly opposed to recognizing bad faith". This is exactly the problem.
I can't believe this really happened.
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
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September 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Any journalists thinking of writing about AI should read this excellent article by Melanie Mitchell first.
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Magical Thinking on AI
A Response to Thomas Friedman's Recent AI Columns in the New York Times
aiguide.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Any journalists thinking of writing about AI should read this excellent article by Melanie Mitchell first.
aiguide.substack.com/p/magical-th...
aiguide.substack.com/p/magical-th...
So much for Charlie Kirk being against political violence. They are all liars! Every single one of them!
I hadn’t seen this. Kirk, the moderate free speech guy who did politics the right way per some liberals (!), called for Biden to be executed.
Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing.
Both sides!
Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing.
Both sides!
Charlie Kirk: Joe Biden should be "put in prison and/or given the death penalty for crimes against America"
www.mediamatters.org
September 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
So much for Charlie Kirk being against political violence. They are all liars! Every single one of them!
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Er, no he wasn't. Free speech but hateful, lying, lacking good-faith argument, and promoted violence. He had the right to do it but we do not have to like it or honor it.
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Er, no he wasn't. Free speech but hateful, lying, lacking good-faith argument, and promoted violence. He had the right to do it but we do not have to like it or honor it.
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Every Democrat should listen to this podcast. It shows why Dems are losing right now:
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September 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Every Democrat should listen to this podcast. It shows why Dems are losing right now:
youtu.be/SJHNayq91Rs...
youtu.be/SJHNayq91Rs...
Ukraine and the West should be thinking up excuses for Putin to withdraw from the war he started. I can't think of any good ones but my hope is smarter minds can come up with some.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Ukraine shows off a deadly new cruise missile
But sceptics wonder if it is too good to be true
www.economist.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Ukraine and the West should be thinking up excuses for Putin to withdraw from the war he started. I can't think of any good ones but my hope is smarter minds can come up with some.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
This is right!
The Democrats Are Losing Voters — But They Don’t Really Want to Hear Why
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The Democrats Are Losing Voters — But They Don’t Really Want to Hear Why
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The Democrats Are Losing Voters — But They Don’t Really Want to Hear Why
The refusal to speak plainly — to say what needs to be said even when it's uncomfortable — is exactly why young voters are walking away.
www.lincolnsquare.media
August 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is right!
The Democrats Are Losing Voters — But They Don’t Really Want to Hear Why
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The Democrats Are Losing Voters — But They Don’t Really Want to Hear Why
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-democr...
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"He's in the process of establishing a dictatorship."
It's a simple 8-word sentence. News media could tell the public that. They know it's true. They report on the various steps toward autocracy every day. But they're afraid to utter that 8-word sentence. Which is more evidence of how true it is.
It's a simple 8-word sentence. News media could tell the public that. They know it's true. They report on the various steps toward autocracy every day. But they're afraid to utter that 8-word sentence. Which is more evidence of how true it is.
July 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"He's in the process of establishing a dictatorship."
It's a simple 8-word sentence. News media could tell the public that. They know it's true. They report on the various steps toward autocracy every day. But they're afraid to utter that 8-word sentence. Which is more evidence of how true it is.
It's a simple 8-word sentence. News media could tell the public that. They know it's true. They report on the various steps toward autocracy every day. But they're afraid to utter that 8-word sentence. Which is more evidence of how true it is.
