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> The government doesn't want to eliminate people who might be viewed as drains of resources. They want votes and voting demographics they can pander to.

Very curious, can you name any politicians that panders to disabled voters?

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You’re misreading the post above. They want to be able to say things like “we passed this law to prevent fraud” or “we are tough on crime”. That the actions are counterproductive and hurt those they are meant to help us an externality not a goal.

Makes sense. You don’t want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. If you can manufacture support through a thing it’s better to keep the thing around.

I know this is off-topic, but do you still happen to have the slides for your "Indistinguishable From Magic" talk from a decade ago?

Uh …possibly? They are way out of date. I think my email is in my profile if you ping me.

Your email doesn't appear to be in your profile. Since the presentation out of date, do you have any pointers for where to look for up-to-date information?

sorry I totally missed this response. I dug up the slides:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/25qh0zjm7hgc43s/Hope%20Talk-Insepa...

Anandtech is a really good resource for semiconductor innovations:

https://www.anandtech.com/tag/semiconductors

Thanks!

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