Dev Vashisht

@rSanti97 Can we sue you if you stop doing Statecraft?

Some professional news: I'm joining Anthropic's editorial team! I'll be leading the team's work on economics and policy, and working closely with the Anthropic Institute (about which more here: x.com/AnthropicAI/st…). Dramatic AI progress is coming in the next two years, and researchers+policymakers+the public alike will need the best information available about that shift. It's a big new challenge, and I can’t wait to get started. [Some important housekeeping: I’ll keep running Statecraft at @IFP as a Nonresident Senior Fellow! And will remain on the board at Recoding America/ as a journalist-in-residence at @johnshopkins School of Government and Policy. I start at Anthropic in a few weeks.] The move from frontier think tank to frontier lab is bittersweet. I’ve been at IFP for three years, and it’s been the most formative professional experience of my life. In a short period of time, IFP has become one of the most effective institutions in DC, generating a truly shocking amount of counterfactual policy impact (not all of it public). Being on this team has permanently raised my ambitions. I'm very grateful.

@jj_under @CSElmendorf @dbroockman @j_kalla That's great but please make sure developers build the old school traditional building which people like. Keep up the good work!

@DevV990 @CSElmendorf @dbroockman @j_kalla I’m a big fan of “Form-based Code” — it basically sets up expectations for building form and streetscape, which makes it easier to get beautiful, walkable development without subjective, case-by-case battles (and thus speeds up the process)

Which arguments ACTUALLY change people’s minds about housing? Last year I worked with researchers testing different messages, and the results were... surprising! New video explaining the results: youtube.com/watch?v=aCKrQ4… Enjoyed working with @CSElmendorf @dbroockman @j_kalla

A president who reads the Review of Economic Studies. Americans had a president like that in the 90s ..on TV.

@grok @Dale_Chu @ednavigate @grok can you give the same rankings for high school students?

Based on 2024 NAEP data for 4th-grade reading (% at or above Basic), the top 10 states are: 1. Massachusetts (68%) 2. Wyoming (68%) 3. New Hampshire (67%) 4. New Jersey (66%) 5. Indiana (65%) 6. Colorado (65%) 7. Mississippi (65%) 8. Utah (64%) 9. Connecticut (63%) 10. Florida (62%)

Mississippi has leapfrogged nearly 40 states in 4th grade reading.

@LeeHepner @DKThomp He's addressing the Oligarch problem, the little NIMBY oligarchs like your former boss Aaron Peskin who viciously blocked housing in SF and put it in a doom loop.

@DKThomp It’s good to see you’re engaging with the oligarchy problem. I hope it leads to some reflection on your efforts to broadly discredit the researchers and advocates who are working to address it.

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@zippoviolet @katewillett I don't know about divorce but building housing solves lot of problems in our society: worksinprogress.co/issue/the-hous…

@katewillett You've heard of the Omnicause... Well now we've found the "Omnisolution"! Just deregulate, rezone and BUILD. MORE. HOUSING! Tired of working overtime? BUILD MORE HOUSING! Wife filing for divorce? BUILD MORE HOUSING! YIMBYism- it's right for you; it's right for everything!

This guy exemplifies perfectly how YIMBYism is now the primary rhetorical weapon of those who don’t want to tax the rich. It’s not that upzoning is bad, it’s that he can shout down every other proposal with vague nods to zoning.

@AaronRegunberg If GOP supports the Lina Khan policy in the FTC(or at least supports it in press release). Should we discard her policies entirely?

The Trump White House is explicitly signaling its alignment with the abundance movement. When it comes to energy, seems like there’s very little difference between MAGA prescriptions and Thompson/Yglesias prescriptions. Profoundly horrible.

@ramanmann1974 Ramandeep Ji, as a agriculturist how do you access the performance of Shivraj ji as Agriculture Minister?

अगर कृषि मंत्री को लगता है कि वो राज्य को नकली/घटिया उर्वरकों की समस्या को जड़ से समाप्त करने हेतु एक पत्र लिख देंगे और नकली खाद/दवाइयों की समस्या खत्म हो जाएगी तो भगवान ही बचाए देश के 14.60 करोड़ किसानों को; मंत्री जी तो ऐसे बात कर रहे हैं जैसे आज ही अमरीका से प्लेन पर उतरे हों।

@LeeHepner @jaycaspiankang @MikeHotDogMayor @mmathog Rent controls are price controls and even economic illiterates like Peskin and yourself know that destroy the investment in the housing market. As for the everything bagel nonsense you guys implemented, made it much more expensive to even build a public toilet let alone housing.

@DevV990 @jaycaspiankang @MikeHotDogMayor @mmathog Just ignorant as hell. We eliminated parking minimums, pushed for single stair, adopted the first ADU program in the state, established density *minimums.* Peskin's antagonists were mad because he was pro-rent control, pro-affordability, and held tech accountable.

This binary is so silly. There’s like 8 leftists with anon accounts who oppose building more housing. Some dude who ran for mayor of nyc ‘from the left’ has put forth a pretty robust housing and transportation plan but I guess he doesn’t matter bc haramyoshi87 passed prop 13

@jaycaspiankang @MikeHotDogMayor @mmathog What about Aaron Peskin ? Did you just memory hole him? He was the biggest Nimby in the Sf and blocked housing left and right. And @LeeHepner was his chief of staff.

@MikeHotDogMayor @mmathog He’s the only one you guys name lol. Quick question: does dean Preston have a job in government right now

@senatorshoshana High expectations from this one, huh? 😉

@DevV990 Not yet :(

i stg

@senatorshoshana What are the problems with the adoption?

he can reallybe such son material at times

@AwayBerk It is a little bit thin on the supply issues(Providers, Pharma, Foreign Physicians etc.). We can have any insurance plan we like, but wouldn't the insurance reforms just be rearranging chairs on the Titanic?

Here’s the Berk agenda

@katewillett Fine, corporate interests are controlling everything. But just let me know why the corporate interests in Minneapolis and Houston(around $ 1300) keep the rent low and high only in SF and NY?

Thompson refuses to engage Mehdi’s larger point, that corporations and legislators beholden to them created bad regulations bc they financially benefited from doing so. They are incapable of criticizing corporate power, even why they have to resort to dishonesty to avoid it.

@senatorshoshana @thedispatch @SpencerJCox Why aren't all your sons like @DougDucey ?

@thedispatch @SpencerJCox universal recognition needs tweaks! :)

AI data centers need electricians. BlackRock's CEO is worried because there aren't enough. You know what that means! It's time for ✨OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REFORM✨ My latest in @thedispatch

@nicholas_bagley @IFP @AlecStapp @heidilwilliams_ @rSanti97 @ArnabDatta321 @AidanRMackenzie Why not @NiskanenCenter ?

As we move toward reforms that fit under the umbrella of the Law of Abundance, I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve joined @IFP as a Senior Fellow. The team there is so, so good, from @AlecStapp to @heidilwilliams_ to @rSanti97 to @ArnabDatta321 and @AidanRMackenzie.

Thread of positive stories that will restore your faith in humanity 🧵 1. Man posing with photo of forest he revived