Paul Christiano: Where I agree and disagree with Eliezer https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CoZhXrhpQxpy9xw9y/where-i-agree-and-disagree-with-eliezer Why cameras are soon going to be everywhere — “Soon imaging sensors will be so small, cheap, and energy efficient that they’ll be added to many more devices in our daily lives, and because they’re so tiny they won’t even be noticeable!”
The item about 4000 new laws being imposed in Norther Ireland by the EU has a strong smell of politicking. The first point would be that the number is entirely unsubstantiated beyond the statement of some member of government. Secondly, matter-of-factly the EU isn't "imposing" anything, the UK willingly entered into an agreement with the EU regarding customs/tax rules in relation to Northern Ireland which it is now unfaithfully trying to back out on when it's no longer politically convenient and they need a new rotten potato to sell the electorate. Thirdly, the article makes it sound like the EU is writing the law from A to Z in Northern Ireland when in reality I suspect that the vast majority of these 4000 new "laws" are actually just trading regulations, again implemented as part of the original exit deal, and hardly anything that would affect the random Joe directly as the text is trying to not-so-subtly imply.
The item about 4000 new laws being imposed in Norther Ireland by the EU has a strong smell of politicking. The first point would be that the number is entirely unsubstantiated beyond the statement of some member of government. Secondly, matter-of-factly the EU isn't "imposing" anything, the UK willingly entered into an agreement with the EU regarding customs/tax rules in relation to Northern Ireland which it is now unfaithfully trying to back out on when it's no longer politically convenient and they need a new rotten potato to sell the electorate. Thirdly, the article makes it sound like the EU is writing the law from A to Z in Northern Ireland when in reality I suspect that the vast majority of these 4000 new "laws" are actually just trading regulations, again implemented as part of the original exit deal, and hardly anything that would affect the random Joe directly as the text is trying to not-so-subtly imply.