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"Power and Progress" offers a unique history of technological progress, but readers should be wary of the simplistic narrative, says reviewer Matthew Woolf.

In a world where artificial intelligence may hold the key to our future, profit isn’t just good, it’s essential for ensuring progress stays on track and remains ethical.

I discovered the gift of reading in my 30s and I can’t imagine life without books.

What anti-Trumpism is missing

Unions have made AI a focus of recent bargaining, and Biden DoL Secretary Julie Su says risk of job loss means every worker needs a seat at the tech table.

 

-Essay- Whether a place can continue to attract immigrants relies fundamentally on institutional competition. Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson concluded in their book Why Nations Fail that countries with "inclusive institutions" will attract a diverse citizenry and adequate resources, and that this...

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A second Trump presidency would be a much greater threat to democracy than the first