Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community
News discussed:
Fifth Circuit injunction preventing government from censoring social media
Fifth Circuit also reversed lower court and upheld Texas law forbidding viewpoint discrimination by social media companies
SpaceX is ready for another test launch of Starship, but the FAA is dragging their feet on approval.
Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years in prison
Putin and Erdogan met to try to revive grain deal
Florida State University professor Eric Stewart, a celebrated criminologist, is kicked out of FSU under allegations of fraud. Six major studies often cited as proof of systemic racism have been retracted. A collaborator blew a whistle a few years ago when a study with 500 participants was published as having over 1100 participants
Happy News!
Chinese air pollution down over 40% in a decade, life expectancy is up 2-6 years in cities.
Ozempic can maybe completely remove the need for insulin in type 1 diabetics!? Research ongoing
Human-sized Legos make real buildings!!!
UN Diplomat crowd-funds $144M to drain an abandoned oil tanker of over 1M barrels of crude and scupper the ship (Yemen couldn’t do it cuz they’re doing a civil war), prevented an eventual massive catastrophe
Troop Deployments
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Episode 91 - Life-Sized Legos!!!