Michelle

This is sad and wrong. Giving someone a gift that they like is a demonstration that you can model their utility function well, and care enough to do it. That's why the absolute best gift is something that they really enjoy but would never have thought of buying for themselves. If you're going to have a continuing relationship with that person, this is often much better than cash. Not all efficiencies are monetizable.

BREAKING: “The United States has issued a non-assurance in relation to the First Amendment, and a standard assurance in relation to the death penalty. It makes no undertaking to withdraw the prosecution's previous assertion that Julian has no First Amendment rights because he is not a U.S citizen. Instead, the US has limited itself to blatant weasel words claiming that Julian can "seek to raise" the First Amendment if extradited. The diplomatic note does nothing to relieve our family's extreme distress about his future -- his grim expectation of spending the rest of his life in isolation in US prison for publishing award-winning journalism. The Biden Administration must drop this dangerous prosecution before it is too late.”