Kevlar-strength mailbag

Concierge healthcare, Saudi schemes, and IRA's differential cost-effectiveness

A couple of programming announcements today: first, Substack is doing a series of Notes AMAs to help build the platform (and have fun), and I’m up on September 27th at noon Eastern / 9 a.m. Pacific. You can register here, and we’ll have a good chat.

For fans of IRL programming, if you live in the Bay Area I am going to do a live fundraising event with State Senator Scott Wiener at 7 p.m. on October 3 at Manny’s (3092 16th Street) in San Francisco. Wiener is the signature champion of the YIMBY cause in the California state legislature, and while he will not be running for Congress this cycle, it’s no secret that he has further political ambitions, and I’d love to see upward mobility for our visionary leaders on these topics. The broader theme is building an agenda for growth and abundance in our blue states, both to improve quality of life on its own terms and to grow the credibility and influence of progressive values.

Hope to meet more of y’all online and IRL soon!

Meanwhile, this wee…