Paul Graham on Twitter: "If you're a programmer and want to make the world better, there are few jobs where you'll have more leverage. You'll be building the statistical infrastructure that many other organizations, and even governments, use to target their efforts. https://t.co/0nmkbC11ll"

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1. darkknight9394‏ @darkknight93941 Feb 17
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  Drafting the proposal
  
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1. pulkit‏ @nutsiepully Feb 17
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  http://ourworldindata.org is really cool. @Golden seems to be trying something similar. I've always thought the ideal Google would allow querying across datasets by "joining" correctly. Even just dimensions of location and time can be really powerful.
  
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1. Clay Shentrup ₿ ‏ @ClayShentrup Feb 17
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  Far and away the biggest bang for the buck reform is APPROVAL VOTING. Just let people vote for as many candidates as they want. Nothing else comes close to improving human welfare as much for the "cost" (essentially zero).https://electionscience.org/press-releases/diverse-coalition-brings-approval-voting-nonpartisan-election-reforms-to-st-louis/ …
  
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1. Robert S. Robbins‏ @Robert_Robbins Feb 17
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  I have made the world better through my countless friendly greetings, "Hello World". I'm sure the world feels much better about itself as a result of my efforts.
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1. Bhaumik Sandip K‏ @sandipbhaumik Feb 18
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  Sounds interesting
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1. ◎‏ @themazuma Feb 20
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  Like the open-source Palantir
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1. Kim Walker‏ @realKimWalker Feb 20
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  Thanks. Was looking for this actually
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