This is the bi-weekly visible open thread (there are also hidden open threads twice a week you can reach through the Open Thread tab on the top of the page). Post about anything you want, but please try to avoid hot-button political and social topics. You can also talk at the SSC subreddit – and also check out the SSC Podcast. Also:

1. In 2016, I made a bet with bhauth that the US median income growth under Donald Trump wouldn’t significantly outperform the trendline for the past 25 years. It did, so I lost. As his prize, bhauth asks me to signal-boost his work on a new type of battery that outperforms lithium-ion.

2. Some people have already gotten a nice head start analyzing the SSC survey; see eg wulfrickson on autogynephilia and jsmp on various things.

3. The SSC podcast is still trying to recoup its costs, so it’s started offering ads. You can get your ad read on the podcast for $100/month; they get about 1500 downloads per episode, and there are 10-ish episodes per month. Email slatestarpodcast[at]gmail[dot]com for details.

4. I need to make my inbox more manageable, so I am going to ask you not to send me emails asking for comments on your manifestos or ideas or interesting links you found. I find myself feeling annoyed if I spend time on them and guilty if I don’t, and it’s unfair to you to have to listen to me saying I will answer you and then never doing so. If you have interesting things like this you want to bring to my attention, post them on the SSC subreddit, which I read pretty often. I continue to accept other types of emails. Sorry about this.