Soren Duggan
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@SorenDuggan
Here to talk about economic populism. Used to be in the Army. Former research fellow at Harvard. Go Knicks.
People have finally quantified how bad a donor Mackenzie Scott has been since her divorce with Bezos If she had given effectively, to charities known to deliver larger returns, she could've been 50 to 100 or perhaps even 1,500-times more effective! She's an Ineffective Altruist
About two years ago, we published some groundbreaking data on the shocking decline in friendships among noncollege Americans. This month, Sam Pressler and @SorenDuggan published a report on in-depth interviews with the men behind these statistics, finding that a stronger sense of community can go a long way.
Public Service Announcement: The hack to getting around this TSA madness is TSA PreCheck + CLEAR.
Seeing a lot of posts from software engineers that are like "AI is devouring my job and soon it will happen to everyone". And it's like maybe, but just because you have an easy job doesn't mean everyone else does.
Q: "Why is running a country in South America 'America first'?" In his answer, Trump is explicit about Venezuela's oil resources: "We have tremendous energy in that country. It's very important that we protect it. We need that for ourselves, we need that for the world."
