Episode 78 - Who Judges the Judges?

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: S**t is going down in Israel Big protests over Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reforms New proposals would give political appointees a majority Elite fighter squadron is boycotting training Silicon Valley Bank is insolvent Jacob Falkovich blames the government Bank run stopped by new Fed policy  the Bank Term Funding Program Anthropic Shadow?  “this is what it would look like if you wanted to stifle innovative sectors” In Nebraska a mom & daughter will stand trial for abortion The American Association of Pediatric released new guidelines for childhood obesity Eating disorder experts are not happy FTC is going after Musk FTC is unhappy about “twitter files” exposing this, demands list of journalists from twitter, issues fines FTC commissioner resigns, cites FTC Chairman’s “disregard for the rule of law and due process,” and “abuses of government power,”  Partisan rift forming around FTC? Republicans investigating the investigation! AlphaFold2 continues to do lots of stuff GPT-4 coming in the next week or so You can’t stop AI progress Happy News! Toddler vaccinations are up! The asteroid diversion was a success! Growing Nuclear Acceptance!  Start-up Sakuu uses 3D printers to print solid-state batteries Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at [email protected]. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra

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