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More data supports science funding literally pays for itself
Bolstering the case for the most no-brainer policy: increasing government science funding.
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What GLP-1 drug price is cost neutral to Medicare?
Seemingly around $140/month
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Total Factor Productivity needs a rebrand (and if you don't know what that is you probably should).
The name of this hidden driver of prosperity is unappealing and not self-defining to mainstream people. What should it be called instead?
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The paradox of progress
If progress = rising living standards, why doesn’t a progress agenda command top billing in U.S. politics?
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A U.S.-China tech tie is a big win for China because of its population advantage
China’s population is declining, but UN projections show it will remain at least twice the size of the U.S.
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Progress isn't automatic
It takes considerable effort, education, organization, and money
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The key to increasing standard of living is increasing labor productivity
Unpacking this counterintuitive conclusion
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The debate over a potential economic bump from AI points to a much larger economic opportunity.
We can turn temporary economic productivity bumps into permanent higher economic growth through sustained higher investment in basic research.
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Issues with widespread bipartisan agreement that never go anywhere
A marker for why we need more structural governance reform.
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How science funding literally pays for itself
By growing the economy enough that future tax revenues exceed initial expenditure.
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Science funding was already way too low.
Restoring the status quo is not good enough; we should increase federal research funding to something like three times the previous level.
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AI

A "patchwork" of AI laws is a feature, not a bug
If AI violates our privacy, takes our jobs, and potentially can destroy the world, then it’s too big for Congress to regulate alone
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Start collecting an AI "token tax" now; figure out exactly what to do with the funds later
Decoupling collection from disbursement will make it easier to start putting money in a lockbox now, providing flexibility to craft the right support…
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Yes AI or No AI, that is the question
AI is everywhere. Did anyone give you a choice?
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As AI displaces jobs, the US government should create new jobs building affordable housing
What if some displaced workers help build the housing we need?
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Is consumer AI heading for a duopoly?
Innovative partnerships and consolidation could drive a more competitive outcome.
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What banning AI surveillance should look like, at a minimum
Prohibited practices, others that face higher scrutiny, and the rest at least transparent and optional
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AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time.
All the same privacy harms with online tracking are also present with AI, but worse.
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States should be allowed to regulate AI because realistically Congress won't
Let’s not give AI a decade-long free pass from regulation.
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U.S. AI-labor protests could eventually resemble the French Yellow-Vest protests
When millions recently took to the streets over economic insecurity.
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Will the AI backlash spill into the streets?
The answer hinges on how severe and prolonged the economic disruption becomes—particularly for jobs.
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Is runaway AI coming in years or decades?
The timeline seems to turn on two assumptions.
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Gabriel Weinberg

DuckDuckGo founder. Co-author, Super Thinking. Co-author, Traction.
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