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Bloomberg Opinion writer. Elected "top neoliberal shill" of 2018. Occasionally posts anime gifs.

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    1. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 31

      Remember: Just because an idea is old doesn't mean it's good.

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      Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 31

      Knowing whether old ideas are more likely to be good requires understanding whether conditions have changed in important ways.

      9:22 AM - 31 Oct 2018
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        2. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 31

          Horse archery was an amazing method of warfare for over a thousand years...then people invented guns, and suddenly this great idea that had stood the test of time became obsolete.

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        3. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 31

          Then again, when underlying conditions don't change much, tried-and-true approaches are probably better.

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        4. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 31

          "Learning the lessons of history" usually just means assuming ergodicity and stationarity in an informal time-series model... (end)

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        1. Daniel‏ @DanielA07992875 Oct 31
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          Like mass migration of low skill workers with low education ? It might of been good idea in 1800s but not so much now.

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        1. Kairos‏ @Kairos0101 Oct 31
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          At some point in time... and this is not that time, a new Constitutional Convention will be required to refine a 'more perfect union', that was forged with the ideas of Freedom, and... Individual Responsibility.

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        1.  📉  🔄  🌱  🥄‏ @costrike Oct 31
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          Economists talking complexity is heresy.

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