Open Thread 290
This is the weekly visible open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. ACX has an unofficial subreddit , Discord , and bulletin board , and in-person meetups around the world .
Metadata
- Published: August 21, 2023
- Source: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/open-thread-290
- Document ID:
2023-08-21_open-thread-290_full
Category Map
Concepts
- Republican (13 mentions)
- EATS act (1 mentions)
Organizations
People
- Sam Altman (41 mentions)
- Lars Doucet (23 mentions)
- Will Jarvis (11 mentions)
Places
- California (104 mentions)
Publications
- Astralcodexten Com (122 mentions)
- ACX (49 mentions)
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This is the weekly visible open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. ACX has an unofficial subreddit , Discord , and bulletin board , and in-person meetups around the world . 95% of content is free, but for the remaining 5% you can subscribe here . Also: 1: ACX Grantees Will Jarvis and Lars Doucet ( the Georgism guy! ) report “tremendous progress” on their company ValueBase, which helps governments implement Georgist land value taxes. They describe partnerships with a major US city and a foreign country (they’re not ready to say which ones just yet) and an upcoming research paper. They got their pre-seed funding from Sam Altman , but are now raising a seed round to scale up operations (looking for seven-figure amounts). Please email will@valuebase.co if you’re interested. 2: Comments on this month’s links: EATS act (banning California from putting animal welfare standards on meat) is definitely constitutional ( 1 , 2 ); defense of Republican concerns that PEPFAR money is being used to promote abortion ( 1 , 2 ).