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Our AI Future: From Abundance to Apocalypse
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My First Million My First Million

Our AI Future: From Abundance to Apocalypse

Stanford economist Chad Jones explores AI's economic potential through two divergent scenarios: explosive growth driven by recursive self-improvement and full automation, versus continued 2% annual growth constrained by historical patterns and persistent human bottlenecks in production chains.

20 days ago · 7 points
LIVE: Northern Ireland officials speak on Belfast violence
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Reuters Reuters

LIVE: Northern Ireland officials speak on Belfast violence

Northern Ireland's Secretary of State and Chief Constable condemned Belfast riots as "acts of self-harm" against communities, announcing enhanced police deployments while addressing concerns that the suspect exploited the Common Travel Area to enter from Dublin.

20 days ago · 8 points
Laverne Cox Is Ready to Tell the Truth. Even if It’s Messy.
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New York Times Podcasts New York Times Podcasts

Laverne Cox Is Ready to Tell the Truth. Even if It’s Messy.

Actress Laverne Cox discusses her memoir "Transcendent," detailing how a decade of therapy helped her confront childhood trauma—from her mother's emotional neglect to a shaming third-grade "fan incident"—and why she believes telling the messy truth is essential to healing shame.

20 days ago · 10 points
Babysitting the Machine: Glean's Rebecca Hinds on the Hidden Human Labor of AI at Work
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Cognitive Revolution Cognitive Revolution

Babysitting the Machine: Glean's Rebecca Hinds on the Hidden Human Labor of AI at Work

Glean's Work AI Index 2026 survey of 6,000 workers reveals a stark disconnect: while 87% use AI and report saving 13 hours weekly, only 13% see their organization performing significantly better. The gap stems from "bot sitting" (6.4 hours of weekly hidden labor to manage AI) and "bot shit" (69% admit shipping unvetted AI outputs they cannot defend), which erode productivity gains and work quality.

20 days ago · 9 points
LIVE: Kenya's Ruto, Finland's Stubb hold press conference in Helsinki
Reuters Reuters

LIVE: Kenya's Ruto, Finland's Stubb hold press conference in Helsinki

Kenyan President William Ruto and Finnish President Alexander Stubb met in Helsinki for the first state visit between the nations in 37 years, signing agreements on education, digitalization, and climate while advancing a strategic shift from aid-based relations to equitable partnerships emphasizing Africa's economic assets and global governance reform.

20 days ago · 10 points
Emily Chamlee-Wright — 2025 Markets and Society Conference Keynote
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Conversations with Tyler (Tyler Cowen) Conversations with Tyler (Tyler Cowen)

Emily Chamlee-Wright — 2025 Markets and Society Conference Keynote

Liberal democracy faces collapse from both overt constitutional violations and the 'great forgetting' of its foundational principles. Chamlee-Wright argues that reversing this decay requires repairing liberalism's 'soft tissue'—the shared mental models, automatic norms, and cultural tools that make formal institutions function and scale.

21 days ago · 9 points
How Steve Jobs became Steve Jobs | The Vergecast
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The Verge The Verge

How Steve Jobs became Steve Jobs | The Vergecast

Author Jeff Kaine discusses his book 'Steve Jobs in Exile,' arguing that Jobs' ousting from Apple in 1985 and subsequent struggles with NeXT and Pixar were essential crucibles that transformed him from an 'immature agent of chaos' into the disciplined leader capable of orchestrating Apple's historic turnaround.

21 days ago · 9 points
Sarah Paine - Why Russia and China can't escape geography
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Dwarkesh Patel Dwarkesh Patel

Sarah Paine - Why Russia and China can't escape geography

Sarah Paine argues that geography fundamentally constrains Russia and China to remain continental 'elephants' dependent on land armies and territorial expansion, lacking the geographic moats, sea access, and institutional stability required to become maritime 'whales' regardless of their ambitions.

21 days ago · 10 points
LIVE: Lawmakers, whistleblower call for release of UFO records
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Reuters Reuters

LIVE: Lawmakers, whistleblower call for release of UFO records

Lawmakers and whistleblowers urged President Trump to declassify UFO records, revealing that secret programs involving recovered nonhuman craft and biological entities have operated for decades outside constitutional oversight, with even presidents kept unaware.

21 days ago · 10 points