Stephen Ware
@profstephenware.bsky.social
University of Kansas Law professor: Alternative Dispute Resolution (arbitration, mediation, settlement negotiation) Contracts Commercial Debt Bankruptcy Insolvency
Dad, travel, greenery, Catan
You can call me Steve
Dad, travel, greenery, Catan
You can call me Steve
Thanks, and not sure which way this cuts, but picture 2 nerdy, white high school boys in an audience otherwise consisting of middle-aged Black people in their Sunday best
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Thanks, and not sure which way this cuts, but picture 2 nerdy, white high school boys in an audience otherwise consisting of middle-aged Black people in their Sunday best
Reposted by Stephen Ware
publishing isn’t driven by some kind of shadowy business interest but almost entirely by increasingly cutthroat competition for eyeballs in the attention economy. stories that validate people’s resentment and fear, their pessimism, that predict doom, that tell people they’re victims - they perform
Point taken, but would you not be curious as to why all those sources are saying that? Like, what’s in it for all the mainstream and internet media to gin up a falsehood that everything is less affordable? Wouldn’t convincing everyone that money is tight be what businesses *wouldn’t* want to do?
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
publishing isn’t driven by some kind of shadowy business interest but almost entirely by increasingly cutthroat competition for eyeballs in the attention economy. stories that validate people’s resentment and fear, their pessimism, that predict doom, that tell people they’re victims - they perform
Reposted by Stephen Ware
Housing in metro areas is a real problem. But Will has a point about "affordability," which is really about "affording what you *want*," not what you might need.
Health care and housing? Yes, problems. The rest, not so much.
Health care and housing? Yes, problems. The rest, not so much.
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Housing in metro areas is a real problem. But Will has a point about "affordability," which is really about "affording what you *want*," not what you might need.
Health care and housing? Yes, problems. The rest, not so much.
Health care and housing? Yes, problems. The rest, not so much.
I agree abt conventional usage but my pet peeve is that word libertarian had to be invented to describe real liberals
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I agree abt conventional usage but my pet peeve is that word libertarian had to be invented to describe real liberals
classical liberal?
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
classical liberal?
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Money, Politics and Judicial Decisions: A Case Study of Arbitration Law in Alabama
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October 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Some related history papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
www.gatesnotes.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM