Night wandering in Nozawa Onsen

Acemoglu+Johnson published Power and Progress in 2023. Prophetic about Musk and Andreessen. We can all starve as long as he gets to Mars. The powerful have no time to think deeply on issues + a worldview biased by a lens of privilege and luck. No error correcting mechanism exists in their system.

The corrupt rent-seeking has already begun. Buy Trump crypto - get tarrif exemption. This is what crony capitalism looks like.

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Republicans (esp bllnrs) say US taxes high compared to “historical”, so need to cut taxes + spending. This is cherry picking.

Other dvlpd economies tax more. US govt spends ~34% of GDP. If it taxed like others = no deficit. Reps = Debt-fueled growth to feed billnrs, while real wages stagnate

Kyambura Gorge, Uganda

Puffins at Reynisdrangar

I guess he found a leaf to hide with

Long-tailed tit. Hokkaido in autumn. Will need to come back for the winter fluffball version

Mælifell last July