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A common theme in popular nutrition books is a contrarian narrative that paints these groups as incompetent, biased, and/or corrupt. Delegitimizing conventional nutrition authorities lets authors fill the void with their own arguments, which are usually weaker than those they seek to dismiss.
Read This, Not That: The Hidden Cost of Nutrition Misinformation—Asterisk
asteriskmag.com
Vladimir Putin really did seem to appear on Earth - or at least in the corridors of power in Russia - fully formed. At each step in his career, he was promoted for no particular reason, or because he seemed so devoid of personality that nobody could imagine him causing trouble. This culminated in his 2000 appointment as Yeltsin’s successor when “The world’s largest landmass, a land of oil, gas, and nuclear arms, had a new leader, and its business and political elites had no idea who he was.”
Dictator Book Club: Putin
astralcodexten.substack.com
Even outside of crazy hypotheticals where you build a stablecoin to track a Ponzi index, the stablecoin must somehow be able to respond to situations where even at a zero interest rate, demand for holding exceeds demand for borrowing. If you don't, the price rises above the peg, and the stablecoin becomes vulnerable to price movements in both directions that are quite unpredictable.
Two Thought Experiments to Evaluate Automated Stablecoins
vitalik.ca
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