jeffmh

That paragraph is around two thirds of the way through the full post that subscribers see.

I think your comment is in keeping with Matt’s point, that virus spread among humans or animals at the Wuhan seafood market doesn’t on its own contradict the possibility of a lab leak.

While I am an Yglesias fan, I don’t think your take is unfair. Matt often describes himself as a professional take-haver, and admits to trying to put out somewhat contrarian takes on topics. One of my favorite recent columns of his was a love letter to the “Slatepitches” that Slate.com used to be known for, as an example of unique voice and differentiation in mainstream media that may be going by the wayside in the age of social media: “ Slate had a whole editorial style that was based around provocative — some would say trolly — articles and up-is-down theses. At its best, Slate championed unpopular causes and provoked fantastic debates. At its worst, Slate seemed to be deliberately stretching to come up with indefensible ideas.”

https://www.slowboring.com/p/slatepitch?s=r

Interesting. Must be a WebKit issue - I’m running safari on iOS

I only see the first page when I click the article link. I found the full text online here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Matthews-2/publi...

The psychological “overjustification effect” would seem to suggest otherwise. Hard to keep up the ecosystem when the money saps all the fun yet doesn’t even hit minimum wage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overjustification_effect

This would make a fitting entry for Tyler's running series “Markets in Everything”