With the illusion of UNLIMITED productivity, that forcing function is gone. Now you can just ask Claude to slop up the idea you thought of on the toilet, and feel like you've done something. It's basically the equivalent of thinking that poasting is praxis: a quick dopamine hit mistaken for impact.

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As I sat and watched a variety of the debates last night, I couldn’t help but ask myself…why are these Republicans candidates so terrible?

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The Super Bowl price comparison is an odd one to use because there’s so much more competition for tickets in 2026 than in 1986! - Flights/travel are significantly cheaper - Online ordering and legal scalping makes ticket purchase far easier - More people nationally have the disposable income to go

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Does anyone seriously argue that Americans were economically better off in 1986 than 2026? I mean, some people do, but they’re clueless and you should disregard them. The country is vastly wealthier now, including everyday people. So why pick that year? Why conduct that comparison instead of 2018?

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“Silly-goose economists argue, with their numbers, that people are much richer now than in 1985. But at the NYT, we’re too smart to to fall for that, so we’ve cherry-picked some numbers to make it clear that your vague nostalgia for the easier days of your childhood is entirely correct.”

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