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World of Warcraft: Midnight's new solo-friendly Prey mode will have bosses attacking you out of nowhere: 'There's going to be some really mean stuff that we're going to do to you'

A new game mode makes the open world a dangerous place, developers warn—and also makes it lucrative to kill critters

PC Gamer

The Poverty Line Isn't a Vibe

A more robust welfare state won't change the fact that tradeoffs exist, even for relatively wealthy Americans who choose to have kids.

Reason

Artificially Inflated?

Plus: Ted Cruz eyes 2028, Nicolás Maduro imagines, and more...

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Two Prominent Left-Liberal Thinkers Reconsider Libertarianism

Legal scholar Cass Sunstein and economic policy commentator Noah Smith haven't become libertarians - but they take a more favorable view of that ideology than before. This evolution might prefigure a potential alliance between libertarians and "abundance" liberals.

Reason

Noah Smith: I Owe Libertarians an Apology

The econ blogger explains why libertarians might have been (kind of) right all along—and why our ideas are more necessary than he thought in the age of Trump.

Reason

Normalizing Relations

Plus: Qatar-a-Lago, Ocasio-Cortez sure looks interested in running, how Mississippi public schools improved, and more...

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India vs. Pakistan (and China)

Plus: Conclave time, land acknowledgements, deporting to Libya, and more...

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Noah Smith Regrets Bashing Libertarians

Smith: I feel like I owe libertarians an apology, for severely underrating their ideology. I was so focused on its theoretical flaws… The post Noah Smith Regrets Bashing Libertarians appeared first on Reason.com.

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‘It’s the teachers that have gotten me through’: how one public school is celebrating its HSC results

Barrenjoey high on Sydney’s northern beaches posted some of its best ever results, with the principal citing staff dedication – and a sense of belonging

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Baby Incentives

Plus: New Jersey mysteries, cigarettes for homeless people, and more...

Reason

Kamala Harris’s housing plan is similar to a Singaporean strategy

It won’t solve all, but “making the U.S. just a little bit more like Singapore can only be a good thing, and that’s what Harris is trying to do here,” influential economics expert Noah Smith wrote.

Fortune

Two Posts on Irish-American Politics and History, and its Lessons for Today

St. Patrick's Day is a good time to re-up my posts on what can be learned from the declining political significance of Irish-American identity, and whether Hispanics are following the same path of assimilation as the Irish did.

Reason

Okay, 'Boomer Shooter' is now an official genre on Steam

From an inside joke to a legitimate Steam tag, the boomer shooter has come a long way.

PC Gamer

Are Hispanics Following the Path of the Irish?

Economic policy commentator Noah Smith compiles evidence that the today's Hispanics are following a similar path to that of Irish-Americans in earlier eras of American history.

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'I'm an actor, I'm not a doctor—I'm not a hero': Astarion's voice actor reflects on his Game Awards win for Baldur's Gate 3, and the humility of helping others feel seen

Take a bow, vampire man.

Fortune

A.I. will reduce inequality by leveling the tech playing field

Previous IT waves made inequality worse by putting money and power in the hands of over-educated experts. A.I. could do the opposite.

Fortune

CEOs have committed to reducing reliance on China—but can't settle on an alternative

If not China, where?

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All of my friends are playing Baldur's Gate 3 completely wrong, but I love that it lets them

You did WHAT to the Last Light Inn?!

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Why you should consider a CRT for your PC gaming setup this year

Despite their bulk, the vivid colors and low latency of a CRT can still make the right PC games look absolutely incredible today.

Reason

Adam Smith Wasn't a Progressive

Stop quoting him out of context on taxation, education, and monopoly.

ABC News

Yamba honours memory of 15-year-old boy believed to be victim of murder-suicide

The 15-year-old once wore the yellow and black of the Yamba Buccaneers Rugby Club. He was remembered by former clubmates today, as the small, connected community continues to come to terms with the deaths of Noah and his father.

Tech&Learning

What Happens To Education Institutions When A Bank Fails?

The recent failure of Silicon Valley Bank should have implications for the way many education institutions go about their banking

Reason

Don't Just Hire 'Better Cops.' Punish the Bad Ones.

Convincing law enforcement officers that those who do wrong will suffer consequences is by far the most powerful tool for changing police behavior in the long run.

Reason

The Problem With the 'Abundance Agenda'

True abundance requires a minimal state and free markets.

Fortune

It’s bigger than the housing crisis: An influential economist just blamed NIMBYs for American decline, and Elon Musk agrees

Noah Smith calls America “the build-nothing country” and traces America’s “shadow subsidy” all the way back to the 1970s.

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