One would think someone of his intellect would criticize Steel Man, not Average Man. Reading his work on crime and drugs, I also don't see him weighing multiple factors dispassionately, but rather letting one article, opinion, or event tweak his three internal Platonic axes. Often that one article, opinion, or event doubles as a one-dime…
One would think someone of his intellect would criticize Steel Man, not Average Man. Reading his work on crime and drugs, I also don't see him weighing multiple factors dispassionately, but rather letting one article, opinion, or event tweak his three internal Platonic axes. Often that one article, opinion, or event doubles as a one-dimensional way to confirm the resulting new priors. Here's an example: https://arnoldkling.substack.com/p/marijuana-reconsidered
Negative effect of legalization detected! Reduce the freedom dial! Increase the civilization dial!
Average Man defines the "movement" and its marginal impact on public policy.
In the case of crime policy, I would say the average man I noted above isn't even far off from the average think tank libertarian, at least historically.
One would think someone of his intellect would criticize Steel Man, not Average Man. Reading his work on crime and drugs, I also don't see him weighing multiple factors dispassionately, but rather letting one article, opinion, or event tweak his three internal Platonic axes. Often that one article, opinion, or event doubles as a one-dimensional way to confirm the resulting new priors. Here's an example: https://arnoldkling.substack.com/p/marijuana-reconsidered
Negative effect of legalization detected! Reduce the freedom dial! Increase the civilization dial!
Average Man defines the "movement" and its marginal impact on public policy.
In the case of crime policy, I would say the average man I noted above isn't even far off from the average think tank libertarian, at least historically.
I can’t argue with that assessment, sadly. There is no one more unimaginative than the average libertarian think-tanker.