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The second Trump presidency is a world-historic failure
How did Trump fumble so badly?
19 hrs ago • Noah Smith
Roundup #89: It isn’t X, it’s Y
AI risk; Reindustrialization; The rent crisis; AI and jobs; Mass deportation; Chinese investment; Cyber risk
Oct 1 • Noah Smith
Stop spending money on smaller classes
We’ve spent decades raising teacher quantity when we should have been raising quality.
Sep 28 • Noah Smith
Where’s the “intelligence explosion”?
Ramez Naam gives a skeptic’s take on Recursive Self-Improvement.
Sep 27 • Ramez Naam
Four eras of San Francisco tech culture
An anthropological reflection.
Sep 25 • Noah Smith
No, you are not on Indigenous land
A repost from 2024.
Sep 24 • Noah Smith
The problem(s) with utilitarianism
Our favorite moral philosophy is about to come under increasing strain.
Sep 22 • Noah Smith
How we can beat China
The trick is to let them beat themselves.
Sep 20 • Noah Smith
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