Aaron Ross Powell
Scholar at the @CatoInstitute. Director of @Libertarianism. Podcasting at @FreeThoughtsPod & @BuildTmrw. My newsletter: mailchi.mp/8f95fa46cac8/a…
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Apple considers allowing apps like Chrome and Gmail to be set as iOS defaults
Amidst antitrust concerns.
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Aaron Ross Powell
A little while back, I switched to a Pixel phone after years of iPhones. I don't regret it for a moment. Android just feels more thoughtfully designed and accommodating of user needs than iOS. Now it sounds like Apple's considering maybe catching up a bit.
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Loyalty versus Obsequiousness Through the Lens of Donald Trump
A loyal person is never an obsequious person.
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Aaron Ross Powell
Watching the dam break as more and more members of the executive branch testify in the impeachment inquiry, I'm reminded of this essay I wrote a year ago, about Trump's loyalty problem.
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Status and Alerts | WMATA
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Aaron Ross Powell
I've been told by pro-#ShutDownDC people that their protests aren't making commutes difficult for lower-income DC residents who take the bus because the protesters aren't interfering with buses. WMATA begs to differ.
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What's Wrong with National Conservatism?
The underlying ideas articulated by National Conservatism are of value to libertarians to understand because they present a way of seeing the world that is a stark difference from the way we see it.
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Aaron Ross Powell
National Conservatism is an appalling ideology, the antithesis of libertarianism. On the latest @FreeThoughtsPod, I sat down with my colleagues @M_feeney, @JasonKuznicki, and @PMatzko to discuss this threat to Americans' liberty and pursuit of happiness.
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Facebook open-sources algorithms for detecting child exploitation and terrorism imagery
Crowdsourcing a better solution to disturbing photos and videos
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Aaron Ross Powell
Now all the people who've insisted Facebook can super easily solve terrorist content spreading by just nerding harder can roll up their coding sleeves and fix the source code themselves I'm sure.
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What Senator Hawley Gets Wrong about American Identity
When given the opportunity to vote with their feet and their wallets, the majority of Americans don’t much care for Hawley’s halcyon days.
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Aaron Ross Powell
Much of National Conservatism seems to reduce to the rather questionable claim that the particular cultural and lifestyle tastes of a small and shrinking minority of Americans should be forced, via government, upon the rest of us.
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Minds, the ‘Anti-Facebook,’ Has No Idea What to Do About All the Neo-Nazis
Minds is home to neo-Nazis, and wants its users to help decide what content stays on the site.
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Aaron Ross Powell
This is the problem with new social networks committed to zero censorship. The early adopters will be people who care about not being censored, and many or most of those will be people with repugnant views who got kicked off of other platforms.
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Buddhist Ethics Does Not Advocate State Action
Engaged buddhists too often lean progressive because they don’t understand the fundamental nature of the state that they rely on.
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Aaron Ross Powell
Buddhist philosophy offers a fascinating, rich, and compelling system of ethics. In my new essay, I argue that it's also an ethics not only compatible with, but which arguably requires, libertarianism.
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Tim Cook says tech needs to be regulated or it could cause ‘great damage to society’
"We are advocating strongly for regulation — I do not see another path."
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Aaron Ross Powell
Big companies like regulations because they can afford the compliance costs while smaller startups can’t and so regulations give them a competitive advantage.
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Abortion and the Law’s Control of Bodies
In yesterday’s confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Senator Kamala Harris of California, a likely presidential candidate in 2020, asked a perplexing question, and Kavanaugh provided an even more perplexing answer. Kamala...
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Aaron Ross Powell
@KamalaHarris *All* laws are politicians telling us what we can and can’t do with our bodies.
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Lessons from a Bank-Robbing Law Professor
Shon Hopwood joins us this week to tell about his journey from bank robber to federal prisoner to U.S. Supreme Court practitioner and Georgetown law professor.
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Aaron Ross Powell
@MattWelch @shonhopwood @sfliberty For those who want to hear @shonhopwood’s amazing story straight from the source and dig podcasts, might I recommend
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Politics Makes Us Worse
Increasing the sphere of politics leads to bad policy and increased vice.
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Aaron Ross Powell
Look, I don’t want to be controlled by politics, either. Politics is a terrible way to make decisions and it degrades our character. Politics is destructive, corrosive, and leads to a poorer world.
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The Charges against Judge Kavanaugh Should Be Ignored
Even if true, Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations tell us nothing about Brett Kavanaugh since the age of 17.
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Aaron Ross Powell
This, from Dennis Prager, is one of the stupidest, most shameful essays I’ve read this year.
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When a child asks: What do I do if someone points a gun at me?
How parents can help kids cope with school shootings and other high-profile violence.
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Aaron Ross Powell
“How do we help kids feel safe in an increasingly violent world?” Well, for one, we can start by not telling them panic inducing untruths like the world is becoming increasingly violent.
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Jordan Peterson is a Conservative, Not a Classical Liberal
Confused about where Jordan Peterson fits into the political landscape? Just ask F.A. Hayek.
A football player died, and all of the University of Maryland is diminished
The school’s handling of the tragedy, from the time 19-year-old Jordan McNair suffered heatstroke at a practice in May to Tuesday’s news conference by university leaders to apologize for his death, has diminished the entire institution in College...
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Aaron Ross Powell
College football is a scam that exploits young athletes. Shut it all down, every college program, and replace them with a football minor league that pays its players and treats them like professionals.
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Politics is Destroying Your Soul
Politics doesn’t just make the world around us worse. It makes us worse, as well.
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Aaron Ross Powell
@Robert_t_Orr @primalpoly By “politics,” I mean, roughly, “the act of deciding for others via the mechanisms of the state.”
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The 14 Most Common Arguments against Immigration and Why They're Wrong
These are the main arguments against immigration, my quick responses to them, and links to some of the most relevant evidence.
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Aaron Ross Powell
“The 14 Most Common Arguments against Immigration and Why They’re Wrong”. I’m so glad @AlexNowrasteh wrote this so I can bookmark it and link to it over and over in Twitter conversations.
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Twitter Trolls Are Posting About Fake Assaults at Black Panther Screenings — Gizmodo
These trolls, clearly trying to ruin everyone else’s fun, have claimed to be moviegoers who were assaulted at Black Panther showings for trying to see the movie while being white.
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Aaron Ross Powell
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