GavinThink

I've been interested in Effective Altruism for a long time now, but I've never been comfortable with a lot of the EA dogma. In parti...

I don't really like the US " tipping culture ", but I think that's just because I'm a minimalist geek who wants everyt...

Every few years I think to myself: here we go again: Bitcoin is doing that thing where the price goes up, news stories get written about how...

For the first time in several years I dipped my toe into Amherst politics. I zoomed into the February meeting of the Health Board, to encour...

There is a small-ish group of older people near me who are getting together outside to dance for a couple of hours. They stay at least six f...

The US federal tax system is terrible. It is inefficient, complicated and unfair. How about we replace it all with something simple and ...

The Federal Reserve and US Treasury have been busy this year creating US dollars out of thin air. Trillions of them. More money, less stuf...