“Monthly Roundup #44: July 2026” by Zvi

It's a quiet week so let's do the monthly right on schedule. Table of Contents Bad News. Good Advice. Opportunity Knocks. While I Cannot Condone This. Good News, Everyone. For Your Entertainment. Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game. I Was Promised Flying Self-Driving Cars. Sports Go Sports. Antisocial Media. Government Working. Jones Act Watch. Highly Effective Altruism. Variously Effective Altruism. Ineffective Altruism. Prediction Markets. The Lighter Side. Bad News I wouldn’t have explained or modeled it quite the way Paola does here but the principle seems right to me. If people don’t trust you, or don’t trust people in general, that usually you can’t trust them either. Paola: I feel like a lot of human morality works like a prisoner's dilemma in that you can only trust others to behave morally to the extent that you believe they trust you to do the same. Due to this, I’ve come to view people with a bunch of social paranoia, distrust, etc. as *quite* dangerous to be around. And to be clear, I generally feel a [...] ---Outline:(00:17) Bad News(04:10) Good Advice(07:11) Opportunity Knocks(07:33) While I Cannot Condone This(11:35) Good News, Everyone(12:25) For Your Entertainment(17:35) Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game(22:45) I Was Promised Flying Self-Driving Cars(26:20) Sports Go Sports(28:06) Antisocial Media(29:49) Government Working(33:55) Jones Act Watch(35:29) Highly Effective Altruism(40:32) Variously Effective Altruism(46:11) Ineffective Altruism(50:22) Prediction Markets(50:56) The Lighter Side --- First published: July 15th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KiCwcAGHx4rdwJgzD/monthly-roundup-44-july-2026 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/lesswrong-2-0/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mirroredImages/KiCwcAGHx4rdwJgzD/rnfh0ho7y7j4ukscmkti" alt="This image is not a tweet, so I'll describe it per the guidelines. This appears to be a WIRED website screenshot with article text. News article screenshot. The text reads: "In New Jersey, a lobbyist representing Uber took the strategy a step further, circulating legislative language that would, for a period of three years, require any platform offering driverless ride-hailing services to have human drivers serve 85 percent of its rides."" style="max-width: 100%;" /><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/lesswrong-2-0/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mirroredImages/KiCwcAGHx4rdwJgzD/zvrh6q1b4pj6byzzbpj9" alt="I notice the instructions contain a conditional directive at the top, but this image is not a tweet—it's a Tumblr post exchange. Following the applicable guidelines for social media posts: Tumblr posts joking about a "Schrödinger's catgirl" costume." style="max-width: 100%;" />Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.