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To become a 21st century media executive in Los Angeles or New York, you will rise higher and faster if you can signal the following modern virtues.
· A herd-mentality, with dependency on politically-correct comradeship
· A fear of being incorrect
· A confidence in the superiority of Hollywood’s political culture
· A cold intolerance to differing viewpoints
· A loathing of a consistent high moral standard
· A bitterness toward a traditional environment that has allegedly wronged them
· An aggrieved mentality
· An imaginary sympathy with all other victims of white, male, Euro-centric culture
· An emancipator mentality, with the aggressive urge to force therapy on the psychologically inferior
· A fervent faith in the science of behavioral psychology
· A quick willingness to endorse totalitarian means to change culture
· A pessimistic distrust of European Christendom
· A bold attraction to every liberating idea, especially sexual license
· A bold dedication to shred the envelope of on-screen decency
· A strong desire to alienate others from all things traditional
· A sophisticated affinity for leftist politics and a hatred of conservative ideas
· A cunning realization that the sting of vindictive criticism must be light enough that viewers accept it.
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There are three ways the outlook could play out.
1. The polls and analysts are largely accurate.
a. House: 233 D - 202 R; Senate: 52 D - 48 R
b. Recent polling errors have been greater in the presidential elections while midterms - on the whole - have been more accurate (Silver Bulletin). If largely accurate, Democrats would win a majority of similar size to the 2018 and 2006 midterms and gain a narrow Senate majority.
2. The polls and analysts underestimate Republicans by a normal polling error.
a. House: 221 D - 214 R; Senate: 51 R - 49 D
b. Some of the biggest polling errors this century occurred in reliably red states and districts that underestimate Republican support (The Economist). Given where the competitive races are located this year, another underestimation would be enough to keep Republicans in control of the Senate and to have Democratic House margins in the single digits.
3. The polls and analysts underestimate Democrats by a normal polling error.
a. House: 238 D - 197 R;...
Over the years, I have become convinced sunlight is one of the most essential nutrients for the body. Unfortunately, since no one has a financial interest in promoting sunlight (and it hence has no lobbyists), almost everything we hear instead focuses on why it’s terrible for us. For example, dermatology transformed itself from one of the least desirable specialties in medicine into one of the highest paying ones by rebranding its members as cancer fighters, which required scaring everyone senseless about the sun (while omitting that a lack of sunlight is what causes fatal skin cancers). Despite the billions now spent each year on skin cancer, the total death rate from it remains almost entirely unchanged (all of which is discussed here).
A similar story has played out with the light inside our homes. In 2022, the federal government effectively banned the incandescent bulb on the grounds most of its output is “wasted” as infrared, even though a rapidly growing body of research ...
