HeyJaredDavid Moscrop
A critical look at politics, policy, democracy, culture, and economics.
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The Case Against Billionaires (opens the original)
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On September 24th, I took part in the The Walrus Talks: The Billionaire Problem. Each participant gave a seven-minute talk on the topic. You can watch the talks individually or in whole here and read a write-up on the event here. What follows is my talk as I prepared it.Making the case against billionaires is almost criminally easy. I could ask if you’ve been to Loblaws recently or if you’re a Rogers customer and then spend the rest of my time on stage readi
Who Needs An Election? (opens the original)
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British Columbia is off to an early election. The province’s NDP premier, David Eby, saw an opposition in disarray, a working-majority in the legislature that was too close for comfort, and a Trump card of diminishing value, and he took his shot. It’s hard to believe a political party in a similar circumstance would do otherwise. Political parties are, after all, full of politicians. But god, oh god, are we ever going to hear about it for a few days.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" h
What Comes After Reading That AI Might Kill Us All? (opens the original)
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The Stupidest Day Until The Next One (opens the original)
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We’ll never get to draw a line through stupid. I remember, as a kid, thinking thank god someone is in charge. I assumed someone had it figured out. Lots of someones. Anybody taller than me, in fact. Things seemed to work, so I figured there must be someone making them work. I took this for granted and continued to believe it for too long. Even at 42 years old I still believe it from time to time; I still slip into moments where I think that despite everything we’re staring down right now, we’ll
Gen Z Is Using Sports Gambling As An "Investment" Strategy. Uh Oh. (opens the original)
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