Userbase here is generally (not always!) a lot more levelheaded, emotionally healthy, and mature than Twitter or Reddit.

Largely because the best users here don't post hundreds of times over the course of a day, and have friendly discussions instead of flamewars.

Content moderation wasn't perfect, but it clearly prevented twitter from turning into /pol/.

-Maureen Dowd

When the hospital and patient both have to declare bankruptcy, the system's utterly broken.

Fixing healthcare in America isn't down to a simple "medicare for all". IMO, we need a 2-year congressionally funded study group (with at least 100 staff) to figure out the system and varying incentives, and propose a wide range of solutions.

I don't follow him, but he's asking good questions.

I have colleagues who cover public & nonprofit hospitals. Everyone's been suffering for the last decade because American healthcare is a lose/lose proposition for everyone except manufacturers, pharmacists, and insurance cos.

Not just rich people; low-mid level finance flunkies like me too. WSJ, Bloomberg, & FT have been my 3 go-to sources for work-related stuff (household name finance company).

I'm pretty distrustful of any non-biz press at this point, incl the NYT and WaPo.

I wouldn't give much credit to "Akhand Bharat" stuff; it's mostly (very offputting) online trolling, a complete non-factor in Indian policy.

Specifics are a better indicator, esp. water policy & border enforcement w/ Bangladesh, & maritime policy with Sri Lanka & the Maldives over the next 2 years.

What I find interesting is the decline in quits - a lot of people staying in jobs they're trying to leave. Aligns with my personal observations.

I think they're all full floor apartments. Probably not billionaires at the lowest floors, but they're probably not struggling either.

Those are for billionaires - millionaire earners in NY are typically upper management at F500, Biglaw Partners, or Senior Investment Bankers.

The real solution to having more would be to zone more market rate 3/4 BR apartments in the UES/UWS and Northwest Brooklyn.

5/ The Malayan Trilogy by Burgess

4.5/5

3 fun novellas (his first) about Malaya as it was decolonizing from the perspective of a colonial officer. Features an interesting hodgepodge of multicultural characters, and eschews stereotypes in favor of depth and cultural understanding.

4/ In Retrospect by McNamara

Unrated (don't know enough about the War to assess its credibility)

A bit of a grind, but provides a good overview of key meetings and decisions, and how the war escalated. McNamara comes off as bookish & analytical, & as someone who misses the forest for the trees.

3/ Long Island Compromise by Brodesser-Akner.

4/5

Fun read that manages to be comedic with gravity. And successfully empathizes with its traumatic protagonists while making it clear that they're objectively terrible people. Really blew past my expectations.

2/ Street Without Joy (also by Fall)

4.75/5

More like a history book than HiaVSP. If the latter is an income statement, this was a series of Balance Sheets, providing point-in-time analyses of the war in its later stages. Great overview of various theaters and a few key engagements.

Action-packed & written barely a decade after the battle. Had to remind myself it wasn't a novel.

Fall provides an excellent day-by-day narrative of the battle and action in the different strongpoints, as well as the personality, action, and motivation of key officers (incl Lts and Capts).

1/ Hell in a Very Small Place by Bernard Fall (sorry, had to download the pic, I lent my copy to a colleague).

5/5
Stellar account of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu from a French perspective, hands down the best nonfiction I've read this decade.

Either:

a. Opportunity for competitors (provided said competitor has the capital and competence to get a positive RoI - typically not the case)

b. De facto extortion of customers in a captive market