European Union

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European Union is a recurring place in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 4 times across 4 issues between July 27, 2021 and February 11, 2026. The archive places it in contexts such as “they expect Britain (and presumably US and EU?) to pass on the option of another wave of lockdowns”; ""the EU’s ban on GMO""; “Start An Internet-Pop-Up Trade War With The European Union”. It most often appears alongside United States, China, facebook.

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  • Category: Places
  • Mention count: 4
  • Issue count: 4
  • First seen: July 27, 2021
  • Last seen: February 11, 2026

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

July 27, 2021 · Original source
The question I found most helpful was the one about EA Global London. You don’t have to know anything about this except that it’s a big conference scheduled for October 29 of this year. It looks like forecasters think there’s only a 40% chance it will be cancelled, which means they expect Britain (and presumably US and EU?) to pass on the option of another wave of lockdowns.
August 08, 2022 · Original source
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September 05, 2023 · Original source
So let’s think different: let’s make it legal to lie about your college on resumes (it is already not technically illegal to lie on a resume, but companies can ask for slightly different forms of corroboration which it is illegal to lie on). Everyone can just say “Harvard,” and nobody will have any unfair advantage over anyone else. Start An Internet-Pop-Up Trade War With The European Union For too long, Americans have groaned under the weight of foreign cookie-related-pop-ups which they and their elected representatives have no control over. It’s time to fight back.
When I am elected, I will mandate that all American websites serve popups to European Union residents explaining why the GDPR is annoying and why it affects even Americans who have no say in it. If the Europeans want to be able to access Google, Facebook, Twitter, or any other US-based site without clicking “I understand” every time they reload it, they’ll have to pressure their government to do something about GDPR.
February 11, 2026 · Original source
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