"African workers training billion-dollar models make less money per hour than it costs to buy a bottle of water in some cities.

In Kenya, Sama, an OpenAI contractor, pays $1.32 to $2 an hour.

In Nigeria, local annotation shops pay between $1 and $3 per hour.

Economist is trying to get at “salience” of costs — housing and child care for example. Yes. That’s why a COLA doesn’t exactly make people feel better. I also want to say it’s the friction involved in accessing it. It’s SO HARD to buy things we need, full stop.

I really appreciate them taking anxiety and fear seriously. As we know, I thought people failed with the during the last election. The messaging that “incomes are high and markets are strong” really shat on people’s experience of friction.

You have to think of housing and child care IN TANDEM and I feel strongly about that.

I think it was maybe @tressiemcphd.bsky.social who said at some point something to the effect of 'I don't get writers block, I just have times where I don't have anything to say yet.' I think about that one a lot.

To the contrary - We saw your work on social media and we are interested in showing it

Lesson 4: If you are peddling the "trust in govt" has dropped because of proceduralism, you either don't understand the study of trust or don't care. It has dropped in all countries and all institutions over the same time period. It is mostly driven by perception of politics not govt services.

Lesson one: Yes, you can do a lot of things if you break the law.
Lesson two: Doing something is not the same as doing a good thing - it is harder to build than it is to destroy.
Trump has built nothing like the TVA. His lawbreaking is not "freeing the stuck wheels of bureaucracy."

Happy Birthday to you. Wishing you peace and warmth