Max Raskin

Chillin' like a Nashvillain... Or is the preferred demonym Nashvillager?

Shouldn't a near-miss be called a near-hit?

If you had a bet on prediction markets being compared to letters of marque, you probably just made a fortune

20th century: Iris 21st century: Isis I feel like this encapsulates the fourth turning generational theory of American history

Someone should write a biography of Robert Jackson called Writing and the Art of Prosecution

Prediction markets are more than gambling. They're modern letters of marque like those used by Congress to seize 🇬🇧 ships during the War of 1812 I spoke to the CFTC's @MichaelSelig and @robinhanson for this piece in @washingtonpost wapo.st/4lB9znD

Solsbury is known for its hill and steak

Persecution and the Art of Writing is actually about Pokémon cards

Which do you prefer?

I want to write a Broadway show about the @MerriamWebster dictionary. It'll be a play on words.

Austrian economists won't eat at Raising Keynes

In Soviet Russia, the Order of Lenin was much preferred to an order from Lenin

Beware the ideas of March

"When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest." -Ernest Hemingway

Oceanographers take everything littorally

“The twentieth century was not particularly kind to blue-collar workers—or God... With the damage largely done—religious attendance declining, blue-collar employment at historic lows—technology is now turning its gaze toward the lawyers and accountants.” @maxraskin

The Spiritual Windfall of AI by Max Raskin @maxraskin firstthings.com/the-spiritual-…

When you sublet a furnished apartment do you have to return the utensils? Said differently: does the lessor include the grater?

I wrote for @firstthingsmag on AI and old time religion. The 20th century wasn't particularly kind to God, but the 21st is shaping up much better... @grok and @ChatGPTapp can't observe the Sabbath or honor your parents for you:

If you're Shakespeare nothing is unpossible