effective altruist before it was cool, effective altruist after it was cool. researcher & writer, master of logic, toddler parent
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There are very few baby books that 1. are available in board book format, 2. have rhyme and rhythm, and 3. aren't absolutely awful at rhyme and rhythm. This is, like, basically all of them:
I've seen a couple versions of this joke but like, I dunno, would he? Or would he find it impressive and inspiring that the Pope gets exactly one vote, just like you and me and every farmer and fishmonger and phlebotomist at the polls?
Baby produced his first improper generalization the other day: he said that some mice in a picture book were "runawaying". I'm very proud
My feud with the local librarian who never lets my toddler do anything has reached a new low: she wouldn't let him QUIETLY AND GENTLY LOOK AT A BOOK under my direct supervision, because it was a book for adults, and so "playing" with it was not always allowed. 😡
He likes to flip through and mutter "words on dis page", and maybe find an author photo. Since when is this a crime!!!
On this day in 1847:
The student body of Geneva Medical College unanimously votes to allow Elizabeth Blackwell to enroll, and promises that "no conduct of ours shall cause her to regret her attendance at this institution."
A 1.5-year-old's review of the latest @WorksInProgMag:
"Bird eating this."
"Words on that page."
"House." [front view of the Pantheon]
"Lying down. Make a big mess." [Victorian elites playing rugby]
"The end!"
"Read it again."
From an 1889 paper about infant mortality:
"On no ground other than selfishness can the practice be defended of sending children, who are expected to die, out of an institution so that the published death rate of the institution shall be small."
The more things change...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
It continues "Such action does not prevent death, but often accelerates it." Yeah no kidding!
I read this page to my 1.5yo and then he said, "Baby bird not fly YET." Okay mister baby motivational speaker...
Erin Braid retweeted
The century's second biggest idea is EA-adjacency
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My baby has already learned to say "bird" instead of "caw caw", "carousel" instead of "round and round", and "Waymo™" instead of "talking car". They grow up so fast 🥲
sci-fi society where people feel entitled not just to wealth and not just to a positive derivative of wealth over time but also a positive second derivative, and they're furious when their economy grows 10% for the third year in a row
Happy to report that we have a train toddler! Happy for me, I mean, because the history of transportation and steam power and industrialization and supply chains are more interesting than dinosaurs
These are our favorite train books so far, I recommend them all:
