My short interview with Julia Willemyns
Here is the link, here is the end bit: Who is the most important thinker of our time? It’s not about individual thinkers any more. It’s about the internet as…
Here is the link, here is the end bit: Who is the most important thinker of our time? It’s not about individual thinkers any more. It’s about the internet as…
1. On India’s new gdp statistics. 2. Reasons why robotics are hard. 3. On 20th century music. 4. Is the inflation picture shifting? (correct link) 5. The importance of nuclear…
By Anton Korinek, Charles I. Jones, Szymon Sacher, Tess Cotter, and Peter McCrory, a strong line-up from Anthropic. They are sober, reasoned, scientific, and (for the most part) dynamically consistent. …
The IMF dropped the lead candidate to become its new chief economist at the eleventh hour after he was found to have made critical remarks about the Trump administration’s economic…
Here is the audio, video, and transcript. Here is part of the episode summary: So which leaders do make a difference? Tyler and Jared debate that question, including conditions what a religious founder needs to succeed,…
Yes I will be doing a podcast with him. From Wikipedia: Kevin Roose…is an American author and journalist. He is the author of three books, and is a technology columnist…
1. Crime and drunkenness map of England and Wales (that was then, this is now). 2. Cesar Aira says he will stop writing. 3. Toward a post-cultural state? 4. Madrid has…
A spot of good news for Britain. Next has won its appeal and may go on paying warehouse workers more than “equal value” retail workers. I’ve written about this case…
In 2015, 6 of the top 25 bestselling hardcover books—this is a not-perfect but useful proxy for new books published—were fiction. In 2025, 18 of the top 25 hardcover books…
That is the topic of my latest Free Press column, here is one excerpt: …college is a great place to make friends, date, and possibly meet a spouse. Those features…