A "Heat Dome" of Immigration
Faced with below-replacement birth rates and aging societies, developed economies are trying a range of experiments, like Canada's unprecedented and unpopular immigration policies.
Americans are less mobile than ever
After long being the most mobile society on earth, new data shows Americans move less than ever. There are many consequences.
LLMs as Organisms, Part 1: Old Man Shouts at Multinomial
In the first entries in a multi-part series I look at how LLMs are grown, not engineered, and the consequences. I use this insight to develop a new way of thinking about science and the nature of progress
The UBI Thing
I hear this a lot, that we will need universal basic income (UBI) because of how many and how quickly
People's Understanding of Inflation
it is a constant mystery to me how people respond to price inflation, made worse in the current period. A
Sales Life After Humans
These new streaming AI sales tools mostly make me think we should just take humans out of the loop and
And What Difference Does That Make?
“They're trying to kill me," Yossarian told him calmly. "No one's trying to kill
Podcast Recommendations
Here are three of the podcasts to which I listen to most consistently: * BBC In Our Time * Past Present Future