Tyler Cowen

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Societies have a pattern of drastically overreacting to a problem after one emotionally vivid incident, as with DDT, Y2K, and nuclear power 1 Sept
AI-related cybersecurity damage over the next year or two will fall well short of the harm caused by Covid or global warming 1 Sept
Even well-informed AI insiders frequently develop something like "AI psychosis" from engaging with these ideas. 31 Aug
AI systems are not sentient, and the odds of them being sentient are vanishingly small. 31 Aug
Western export bans have not reduced Russian demand for brand-name SUVs and trucks, driving a criminal network that smuggles stolen vehicles to Russia via the Middle East. 30 Aug
Luke Burgis on Mimetic Desire, Catholicism, and the Age of Social Contagion 19 Aug
Daron Acemoglu on Liberalism, Automation, and the Educated Elite 12 Aug
Julia Ioffe on Russian Women, Missing Men, and the Roots of Autocracy 5 Aug
Andrew Graham-Dixon on Vermeer, a Forgotten Sect, and Underrated Artists 22 Jul
Chase Koch on Principles, Music, and Overcoming Entropy 15 Jul
Joel Mokyr on Clans, Corporations, and a Culture of Growth 8 Jul
Joanne Paul on Thomas More and the Tudor World 24 Jun
Dave Baszucki on Roblox, Teen Entrepreneurs, and the Future of Play 17 Jun
Katja Hoyer on Weimar, the GDR, and the German Character 10 Jun
Toby Wilkinson on Ptolemaic Egypt and the First Great Commercial Civilization 27 May
Bob Spitz on the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, and the Art of Biography 13 May
Craig Newmark on Institutional Maintenance, Giving Away Control, and the Internet We Were Promised (Live at 92NY) 29 Apr
Kim Bowes on the Economic Lives of Rome's Ninety Percent 15 Apr
Arthur Brooks on Reinvention, Religion, and the Science of Happiness 1 Apr
Paul Gillingham on Why Mexico Stays Together 25 Mar
Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli, Straussianism, and the Character of Liberal Democracy 18 Mar
Henry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English 4 Mar
Joe Studwell on Africa, Asia, and What Development Actually Requires 18 Feb
Andrew Ross Sorkin on Market Bubbles, Banking Rules, and the Real Lessons of 1929 4 Feb
Diarmaid MacCulloch on Christianity, Sex, and Unsettling Settled Facts 21 Jan