Wednesday, 2 September 2026
For a sense of proportion: datacentre water use
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I like this chart, from Andreas Heuser and Phil Whittington's excellent piece making the case for datacentres . Nobody has a sense of pe...
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Disappointing - Updated
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The ACT Party has announced a new policy that would : Remove the existing Permanent Resident visa category; Require all Resident Visa holder...
Friday, 28 August 2026
Hating trees
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New Zealand's Zero Carbon Act sets net emission targets. This is sensible. The atmosphere does not care whether the next tonne of CO2-e...
Monday, 24 August 2026
An economics without trade-offs
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One reasonable definition of economics is the study of choice under conditions of scarcity, or choice under constraint. When getting more of...
Around the traps
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A few bits I've neglected to blog. My chat with Adam Jarvis on datacentres . A follow-up chat with RCR on the same thing, as well as a ...
Friday, 14 August 2026
Reader mailbag - prediction markets
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In today's inbox: Hello Eric, My name is [redacted]. I read your article about prediction market regulation with interest. As a student...
Thursday, 13 August 2026
Spills
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A new and more rational basis for ongoing choice of party leaders in a Parliamentary system. Step one. Set a prediction market contract. ...
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