Noah Smith  🐇Verifizierter Account

What does @mungowitz have to say about this generalization?

Noah, I'm a huge fan, and I agree but it's time to go to bed.

If you win that thumb war, you’re a better human than me. I hit my limit with Caplan and Kling a long time ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miswak  One of many plants around the world that are useful for teeth cleaning, some studies rate them as better than toothbrushes. If nobody had invented the toothbrush it would be one less thing to sell.

Only someone that doesn’t travel and has never used the system could say that. Maybe John Stossel from his spaceship, as it’s not very innovative on the ground, is it. The net outcomes are horrible compared to much cheaper systems. That should say enough.

Americans are innovative, yes. The thing that’s funny about many American innovations, though, is that I see them used more elsewhere. America itself does not “dog food” (Silicon Valley term) the best ideas of it’s citizens, companies or even it’s better political minds.