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Do Human Progress Trends Justify the Status Quo?
A recent New York Times opinion piece misunderstands the implications of an improving world.
14 hrs ago
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Saul Zimet
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Technology Versus Degrowth as Solutions to the Sixth Mass Extinction
Assuring the long-term future of Earth’s wildlife requires more economic and technological development, not less.
Nov 9
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Saul Zimet
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The Myth of the Short-Sightedness of Capitalism
Free markets are often accused of incentivizing short-term profit-seeking, but really the opposite is true.
Nov 5
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October 2025
Humans Have Moral Value Because They Create Knowledge
If for no other reason.
Oct 29
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Saul Zimet
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Why the Enlightenment is the Ultimate Moral Movement
And knowledge maximalism is the ultimate moral principle.
Oct 23
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Saul Zimet
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Environmentalist Pronatalism Versus Paul Krugman
Is reducing "population pressure" really a good way to protect environmental resources?
Oct 12
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Saul Zimet
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The Biologists' Myth About Limitless Growth
False economic premises lead Bret Weinstein, Paul Ehrlich, and other famous biologists to pursue catastrophic civilizational changes.
Oct 6
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Saul Zimet
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September 2025
The Poverty of Collectivist Visions of Property Rights
Why is it that one notion of property rights facilitates widespread prosperity, while the competing theories spread poverty to the masses?
Sep 29
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Saul Zimet
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March 2025
Are Bad Climate Policies Causing More Deaths Than Climate Change?
The "fact-checkers" at the New York Times need to be fact-checked.
Mar 19
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Saul Zimet
Technological Automation and the Path to Human Prosperity
What if you had told pre-agricultural societies that all their hunting and gathering jobs would soon be eliminated?
Mar 4
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Saul Zimet
Economics is Not a Game of Monopoly
The standard textbook model of monopoly economics only applies to the real world in a narrow range of circumstances, and this means that fears of…
Mar 3
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Saul Zimet
The Amazing Benefits of the Metaverse
The ambitious project of Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Sweeney, and other billionaire technologists could radically change our lives within the next five to ten…
Mar 3
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Saul Zimet
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