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AI Regulation is Unsafe
Concerns over AI safety and calls for government control over the technology are highly correlated but they should not be. There are two major forms of…
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A High Decoupling Failure
High-decoupling vs low-decoupling or decoupling vs contextualizing refers to two different cultural norms, cognitive skills, or personal dispositions…
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The 2nd Demographic Transition
Opportunity cost and fertility
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March 2024

Metascience of the Vesuvius Challenge
The Vesuvius Challenge is a million+ dollar contest to read 2,000 year old text from charcoal-papyri using particle accelerators and machine learning…
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American Acceleration vs Development
Both is best but which is better?
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Claude vs GPT
Claude does less but does it better
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Boomer NIMBYs vs Zoomer NIMBYs
When someone opposes new construction in their neighborhood they give one of two explanations: This will lower property values! This will raise rents…
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February 2024

Don't Endorse the Idea of Market Failure
Javier Milei and Econ 101
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We Need Major, But Not Radical, FDA Reform
Fellow progress blogger Alex Telford and I have had a friendly back-and-forth going over FDA reform. Alex suggests incremental reforms to the FDA, which…
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When Should Copyright Get Shorter?
Information goods have private costs and public benefits. Pharmaceutical research requires upfront investment from one firm, but once a certain compound…
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A Puzzle in Voter Behavior
Why are old republicans against immigration?
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January 2024

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