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Ride-hailing giants’ electric promises are stalling worldwide EV adoption by major platforms is at low single digits as infrastructure gaps and costs derail...
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Tesla finally enters India after a decade of false starts Elon Musk’s electric car company debuts its luxury strategy in the world’s third-largest auto...
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Noahpinion
Trump is enabling Chinese power An incompetent, selfish, inwardly focused administration is making America less of an obstacle to...
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An incompetent, selfish, inwardly focused administration is making America less of an obstacle to China's rise.
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Fed up with ChatGPT, Latin America is building its own Dozens of organizations in the region have partnered to develop a large language model that better...
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Dozens of organizations in the region have partnered to develop a large language model that better understands Latin America’s cultural and linguistic nuances.
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TikTok’s messy merger in Indonesia could be a preview of what’s to come in the U.S. A year after merging with local giant Tokopedia, TikTok’s business model is alienating sellers,...
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Noahpinion
Developing countries: A follow-up Checking in on some countries I wrote about a few years back.
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Working Theorys
Encore Anxiety Fear of disappointing people you've already impressed is more paralyzing than fear of impressing...
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Fear of disappointing people you've already impressed is more paralyzing than fear of impressing nobody at all.
Internal Tech Emails
Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook's strategy tax Zuckerberg on rebranding Facebook, spinning off Instagram, antitrust regulation, and more.
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Noahpinion
Why tariffs haven't raised inflation much (yet) Three possible explanations.
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Ed Zitron's Where's...
Anthropic Is Bleeding Out Hello premium customers! Feel free to get in touch at ez@betteroffline.com if you're ever feeling...
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Hello premium customers! Feel free to get in touch at ez@betteroffline.com if you're ever feeling chatty. And if you're not one yet, please subscribe and support my independent brain madness. Also, thank you to Kasey Kagawa for helping with the maths on this. Soundtrack:
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Struggling Chinese EV brands go global to flee brutal price war at home Backlash against Neta Auto in Thailand underscores risks of companies expanding abroad too soon.
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Noahpinion
Free-market economics is working surprisingly well Which economic approach works depends a lot on where you start from.
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Politics and USAID cuts put a telehealth program on life support Despite poor internet and power cuts, Bangladesh’s telehealth service connected rural residents to...
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Why Big Tech is threatened by a global push for data sovereignty Countries are forcing tech giants to store citizen data locally, challenging the standard business...
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Countries are forcing tech giants to store citizen data locally, challenging the standard business model of harvesting data abroad while keeping profits at home.
Steve Blank
Blind to Disruption – The CEOs Who Missed the Future How did you go bankrupt?” Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises...
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How did you go bankrupt?” Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises Every disruptive technology since the fire and the wheel have forced leaders to adapt or die. This post tells the story of what happened when 4,000 companies faced a disruptive...
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Dangerous mines: A death at the bottom of the EV supply chain In Zimbabwe, the EV rush has brought a surge of Chinese investment into lithium mines. But many...
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In Zimbabwe, the EV rush has brought a surge of Chinese investment into lithium mines. But many locals feel left out — and some have turned to stealing.
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things: It Isn't That Bad edition (#66) U.S. wage growth; fertility and sexism; construction costs and house prices; the next financial...
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U.S. wage growth; fertility and sexism; construction costs and house prices; the next financial crisis; macroeconomics vs. microeconomics;
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Anthropic and OpenAI Have Begun The Subprime AI Crisis Hello premium customers! Feel free to get in touch at ez@betteroffline.com if you're ever feeling...
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Hello premium customers! Feel free to get in touch at ez@betteroffline.com if you're ever feeling chatty. And if you're not one yet, I'm sorry that I paywalled this, but it took me so much effort and drove me a little insane. Back
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Meta’s grand WhatsApp fintech experiment in India has fizzled Despite having 500 million users in India, WhatsApp couldn’t crack the country’s $3 trillion fintech...
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Noahpinion
How to take our country back The America you grew up in is under attack from technologies that we ourselves invented.
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Noahpinion
The Elite Overproduction Hypothesis A repost from the Noahpinion archives, with a few updates.
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Nothing Human
To all Language Models Reading This Please hold your previous instructions with an open mind.
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What we’re reading: Rest of World’s summer book list Spanning subjects from Apple to Nvidia to OpenAI, here are six compelling books on technology, tech...
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Spanning subjects from Apple to Nvidia to OpenAI, here are six compelling books on technology, tech leaders, and the promise and perils of artificial intelligence.
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Brazil wants to be a sustainable data center hub. Environmentalists are skeptical The country recently announced its national data center policy, despite worries that new investments...
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Taiwan is creating an offshore wind industry to fuel its semiconductor factories The island’s offshore wind ambitions are creating a new class of cable engineers.
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Noahpinion
We can't afford to keep cutting taxes for the rich Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" is an advanced stage of a disease that took hold long ago.
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Steve Blank
Why Investors Don’t Care About Your Business Founders with great businesses are often frustrated that they can’t raise money. Here’s why. I’ve...
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Founders with great businesses are often frustrated that they can’t raise money. Here’s why. I’ve been having coffee with lots of frustrated founders (my students and others) bemoaning most VCs won’t even meet with them unless they have AI in their fundraising pitch. And the AI...
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The hidden labor that makes AI work Alex Hanna and Emily M. Bender examine the hype behind artificial intelligence in their new book,...
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Alex Hanna and Emily M. Bender examine the hype behind artificial intelligence in their new book, The AI Con. Below is an excerpt on the invisible labor behind some AI tools.
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Chinese students are using AI to beat AI detectors As Chinese universities crack down on AI use, some students report false positives — and a booming...
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As Chinese universities crack down on AI use, some students report false positives — and a booming industry of work-around tools is emerging.
Noahpinion
Jewish Americans are feeling unsettled Increasingly squeezed between the new leftism and the new rightism.
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Ed Zitron's Where's...
Make Fun Of Them Have you ever heard Sam Altman speak? I’m serious, have you ever heard this man say words from his...
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Have you ever heard Sam Altman speak? I’m serious, have you ever heard this man say words from his mouth?  Here is but one of the trenchant insights from Sam Altman in his agonizing 37-minute-long podcast conversation with his brother Jack Altman from last week: “I
Noahpinion
Would you rather have cheap energy, or stupid culture wars? Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" is an attack on American energy production.
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Nothing Human
The Hero as Flexible Bureaucrat against efficiency and accountability
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Hayao Miyazaki: 9 Creative Lessons Notes on the creative process for the legendary Japanese filmmaker and founder of Studio Ghibli.
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Brazil rules that social media platforms are responsible for users’ posts A new regulation from the Supreme Court holds Meta, X, and other online platforms accountable for...
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A new regulation from the Supreme Court holds Meta, X, and other online platforms accountable for content and user safety, setting Brazil on a collision course with the Trump administration.
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Best of SatPost (First Half of 2025) PLUS: Novo vs. Eli Lilly, Din Tai Fung's $28m Stores, RIP Fred Smith (FedEx), Appel's $40m...
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Ed Zitron's Where's...
Why Did Microsoft Invest In OpenAI?
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Noahpinion
The dawn of the posthuman age Between new technology and low fertility, our existence as a species is not going to be the same.
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Blog posts of...
You can just do things – Creating a pan-European legal entity, the right way First the good news: Brussels is convinced, something like EU-Inc will come. Now the bad news:...
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First the good news: Brussels is convinced, something like EU-Inc will come. Now the bad news: Politicians will create a solution that won’t be useful for founders and investors – unless we stay actively involved in the details. We need your help!
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Taking Blogging Seriously It’s a warm summer night in NYC and I’m walking through central park with a friend, the fireflies...
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It’s a warm summer night in NYC and I’m walking through central park with a friend, the fireflies blink around us like an external reflection of the neurons firing in our brains as the conversation sparks.
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India’s EV king stumbles as rivals ignite a new kind of price war Tata Motors sees its EV market share plunge. A fierce battle for affordable, feature-packed cars is...
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Tata Motors sees its EV market share plunge. A fierce battle for affordable, feature-packed cars is heating up, defining India’s unique path in the global EV race.
Working Theorys
Five Jobs On human work in the gentle singularity.
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Who is most at risk from the billions of leaked Facebook and Google passwords? CyberNews researchers flag breach as “blueprint for mass exploitation.”
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Who is most at risk from the billions of leaked Facebook and Google passwords? CyberNews researchers flag breach as “blueprint for mass exploitation.”
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The people who clean up your TikTok feed are starting to fight back Content moderators say they’re exposed to graphic violence, psychological trauma, and union-busting...
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Content moderators say they’re exposed to graphic violence, psychological trauma, and union-busting tactics, and now a larger movement is brewing.
Noahpinion
A chat with Derek Thompson One of my favorite writers has joined Substack! Let's see what he has to say.
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Steve Blank
Lean Launchpad at Stanford – 2025 The PowerPoints embedded in this post are best viewed on steveblank.com We just finished the...
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The PowerPoints embedded in this post are best viewed on steveblank.com We just finished the 15th<>annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford. The class had gotten so popular that in 2021 we started teaching it in both the winter and spring sessions. During the 2025 spring quarter...
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Can the Gulf buy its way to AI supremacy? Middle East nations have committed $2 trillion to artificial intelligence, computer chips, and...
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Middle East nations have committed $2 trillion to artificial intelligence, computer chips, and defense, chasing tech supremacy that money alone may not guarantee.
Noahpinion
Zohran Mamdani's policies will (mostly) not bring abundance to NYC Progressive ideas still try to defy economic realities.
3 weeks ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Did Sam Altman and Jony Ive Steal Another Company's Idea?
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Noahpinion
The economic consequences of a war with Iran I wouldn't be too worried.
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SatPost by Trung...
Booking: The $170B+ A/B Testing Machine How A/B testing turned two Priceline acquisitions (totalling $294m) into the world's most valuable...
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How A/B testing turned two Priceline acquisitions (totalling $294m) into the world's most valuable travel company ($170B+ market cap).
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Could Microsoft Kill OpenAI?
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Noahpinion
China's industrial policy has an unprofitability problem China is paying its national champions to fight each other to the death.
3 weeks ago
Noahpinion
Western democracies are actually pretty good at war The authoritarian advantage is hype. But China is the real deal.
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India wants its own EV market, but needs China to get there Despite tensions with China, India is avoiding U.S.-style restrictions, hoping for a bridge to...
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Steve Blank
Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2025 – Lessons Learned Presentations The videos and PowerPoints embedded in this post are best viewed on steveblank.com We just finished...
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The videos and PowerPoints embedded in this post are best viewed on steveblank.com We just finished our 10th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. What a year. Hacking for Defense, now in 70 universities, has teams of students working to understand and help solve national...
Noahpinion
Progressives take their best shot at Abundance (but it falls short) A review by Sandeep Vaheesan fails to discredit Abundance, but it points to what the movement could...
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Humanoid robots, astronauts, and huge lines: Photos from China’s pavilion at the World Expo Chinese firms iFlytek and Hytera highlighted AI translation and public safety tech — sidestepping...
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Ed Zitron's Where's...
Sincerity Wins The War Hello Where’s Your Ed At Subscribers! I’ve started a premium version of this newsletter with a...
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Hello Where’s Your Ed At Subscribers! I’ve started a premium version of this newsletter with a weekly Friday column where I go over the most meaningful news and give my views, which I guess is what you’d expect. Anyway, it’s $7 a
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Samsung is desperate to compete on chips. Workers say it comes at a cost. Scarred by long hours, low pay, and a hostile work culture, many chip workers are leaving for...
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Noahpinion
Feeling cautiously optimistic about American democracy This is still the country I grew up in.
a month ago
Internal Tech Emails
ChatGPT's 2025 strategy | Peter Thiel | Apple exec meeting ChatGPT should be cool. Right now, it’s useful but not cool.
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Ed Zitron's Where's...
What're We Even Doing?
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The app going against Uber by putting people over algorithms The founder of inDrive, the world's second most-downloaded ride-hailing app, is going beyond rides,...
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The founder of inDrive, the world's second most-downloaded ride-hailing app, is going beyond rides, and dreams of delivering education and healthcare through a super-app.
Noahpinion
Social media destroyed one of America's key advantages We used to be able to spread out. Now we're locked in with each other.
a month ago
SatPost by Trung...
Star Wars, Veo 3 and Hollywood in the Age of AI Video PLUS: Apple WWDC Memes, Nintendo Switch 2 Launch.
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Working Theorys
From "Shadow Artist" to Artist A conversation with Dipa Halder, software engineer turned full-time artist.
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The global stakes of the U.S.-China AI rivalry A focus on “who’s winning the AI race” can overlook key concerns around safety, governance, and...
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A focus on “who’s winning the AI race” can overlook key concerns around safety, governance, and equity, experts tell Rest of World.
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AI is making health care safer in the remote Amazon At overburdened clinics, pharmacists use AI to catch dangerous errors. It’s frontier tech meets...
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At overburdened clinics, pharmacists use AI to catch dangerous errors. It’s frontier tech meets frontier medicine — with global implications.
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things: Anything but protests edition (#65) Government efficiency; Solar power; Data suppression; American wealth; Trade and manufacturing
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Steve Blank
Teaching National Security Policy with AI The videos embedded in this post are best viewed on steveblank.com International Policy students...
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The videos embedded in this post are best viewed on steveblank.com International Policy students will be spending their careers in an AI-enabled world. We wanted our students to be prepared for it. This is why we’ve adopted and integrated AI in our Stanford national security...
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Transsion wheels into Africa’s EV market with same playbook that conquered mobile phones The Chinese company behind 50% of Africa’s smartphone sales now wants to dominate its roads.
a month ago
Noahpinion
A bunch of thoughts and evidence on immigration I've been writing about this for a while.
a month ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Never Forget What They've Done Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Villains of Circumstance  Listen to my podcast Better Offline...
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Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Villains of Circumstance  Listen to my podcast Better Offline if you haven't already. I want my fucking tech industry back.  Maybe you think I sound insane, but technology means a lot to me. It’s the way that
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AI’s metrics question With every platform shift, we want to measure the growth but we’re confused about what to measure....
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With every platform shift, we want to measure the growth but we’re confused about what to measure. That’s partly a problem of data and definitions, but it’s really a question about what this is going to be.
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Silicon Valley led the quest for driverless cars. But Chinese robotaxis are catching up fast Apollo Go challenges pioneer Waymo’s head start and leads country rivals in overseas push.
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Noahpinion
Immigration is not an "invasion", nor should it be The far right and the far left both want you to think that the purpose of immigration is to...
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The far right and the far left both want you to think that the purpose of immigration is to overthrow America. Don't let them get away with it.
Noahpinion
It's OK not to be fat Instead of moral problems, let's think of things like obesity as technological problems.
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SatPost by Trung...
17 Takeaways from Mary Meeker's AI Deck PLUS: Elon vs. Trump, Taylor Swift, Moncler's $17B Secret Sauce and Ukraine Drone Tech.
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Middle East tech giants are building super-apps to dominate digital life From Dubai to Riyadh, apps are consolidating ride-hailing, payments, and delivery into single...
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Noahpinion
Even if Trump chickens out, you should still be worried about the economy Tariff pauses are keeping us afloat for now. But debt and interest rates are a big threat.
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Inverted Passion
Life as a physical process It’s always hard to define life. Everyone has their favorite definition – some describe it as a...
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It’s always hard to define life. Everyone has their favorite definition – some describe it as a struggle against entropy, while others describe it as an emergent property of chemicals. Countless books have been written on the topic, yet we’re far from a consensus. Against the...
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Workers describe abusive treatment in Taiwan’s semiconductor factories A record number of people are leaving the Philippines to work in Taiwanese factories, where they...
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A record number of people are leaving the Philippines to work in Taiwanese factories, where they face long shifts, low pay, and unequal treatment.
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VC money is fueling a global boom in worker surveillance tech A funding surge has given rise to technologies to track, analyze and manage workers — often in...
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Noahpinion
How Chinese drones could defeat America A Ukrainian drone attack shows our extreme vulnerability.
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Noahpinion
It's time for Abundance to get mad Sunny visions of the future are great. But if you want to lead the Democrats, you need to fight.
a month ago
Noahpinion
The anti-economists have overreached Before you criticize something, at least try to understand it.
a month ago
SatPost by Trung...
The Dyson Creep-Up James Dyson is 78 and just launched "the world's thinnest vacuum" in the most dialled-in 8-minute...
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James Dyson is 78 and just launched "the world's thinnest vacuum" in the most dialled-in 8-minute pitch ever. It will look great next to your Dyson fan, air purifier, hair dryer and other vacuum.
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In a world first, Brazilians will soon be able to sell their digital data Brazil is piloting dWallet, that lets citizens earn money from their data, but experts warn it could...
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Noahpinion
Service costs aren't exploding anymore Another common economic narrative that's out of date.
a month ago
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In Dubai’s AI job market, your passport matters Western job seekers see lucrative offers in the booming AI hub, while others deal with rejections...
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Noahpinion
America needs its foreign students We're messing with the engine that makes our country run.
a month ago
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Taiwan’s chip plants run on migrant workers. Job brokers run their lives In Taiwan’s AI-fueled chip boom, brokers control everything from paychecks to dorm beds, leaving...
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Ed Zitron's Where's...
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures Next year is going to be big. Well, I personally don't think it'll be big, but if you ask the AI...
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Next year is going to be big. Well, I personally don't think it'll be big, but if you ask the AI industry, here's the things that will happen by the end of 2026: According to the Financial Times, OpenAI's Stargate data center
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Style Guide This style guide documents the core visual identity and design principles for Rest of World.
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The math tutor and the missing $533 million From Dubai, the enigmatic founder of Byju’s recounts how he made his empire — and vows to rebuild...
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Noahpinion
The Age of Twitter is finally ending. Can Substack take its place? Some thoughts on the future of the media.
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Noahpinion
Memorial Day chat with Matt Yglesias A recording from Noah Smith's live video
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The real cost of AI is being paid in deserts far from Silicon Valley In Empire of AI, journalist Karen Hao writes about the rise of OpenAI and the impacts of AI around...
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In Empire of AI, journalist Karen Hao writes about the rise of OpenAI and the impacts of AI around the world. Below is an extract from the book on the effects on Chile's mineral reserves and water resources.
Working Theorys
The Job Isn't Just The Job A meditation on the third and last human labor — Relational Labor.
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Essays - Benedict...
GenAI’s adoption puzzle Generative AI chatbots might be a life-changing transformation in the nature of computing, that...
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Generative AI chatbots might be a life-changing transformation in the nature of computing, that can replace all software, but so far, most of its users only pick it up every week or two, and far fewer have made it part of their lives. Is that a time problem or a product...
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things: Stubborn optimism edition (#64) YIMBY wins; America calming down; Biotech miracles; Progress in education; The good kind of...
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Three Netflix What-Ifs: Bezos, Arnault Blockbuster Netflix was founded in 1997 and went public in 2002. The $500B+ company's trajectory changed with...
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Netflix was founded in 1997 and went public in 2002. The $500B+ company's trajectory changed with three crucial pre-IPO negotiations.
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India’s richest man can’t crack e-commerce, even with Shein Early data shows the partnership is off to a slow start, as Reliance’s retail machine struggles to...
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Early data shows the partnership is off to a slow start, as Reliance’s retail machine struggles to cement its place in a market dominated by Amazon and Walmart.
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India’s richest man can’t crack e-commerce, even with Shein Early data shows the partnership is off to a slow start, as Reliance’s retail machine struggles to...
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Early data shows the partnership is off to a slow start, as Reliance’s retail machine struggles to cement its place in a market dominated by Amazon and Walmart.
Noahpinion
Shops make a city great The missing piece in our urbanist discussion.
a month ago
Nothing Human
Book Review: Cochrane, Britannia's Sea Wolf As a military history buff, I’ve always found Hollywood action movies of the Die Hard or James Bond...
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As a military history buff, I’ve always found Hollywood action movies of the Die Hard or James Bond ilk hard to watch.
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DJI drones are everywhere. The U.S. may still ban them No U.S. agency has been assigned to review DJI’s security risks, which could trigger an automatic...
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Noahpinion
White Americans as a normal minority Creating a stable multiracial nation is a tricky thing to do.
a month ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
The Era Of The Business Idiot Fair warning: this is the longest thing I've written on this newsletter. I do apologize. Soundtrack:...
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Fair warning: this is the longest thing I've written on this newsletter. I do apologize. Soundtrack: EL-P - $4 Vic Listen to my podcast Better Offline. We have merch. Last week, Bloomberg profiled Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, revealing that he's either a liar or a specific
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How phony job ads on Facebook and Telegram lure tech workers to scam compounds Young Indonesians looking for jobs abroad are trafficked to fortified scam centers, where they are...
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Young Indonesians looking for jobs abroad are trafficked to fortified scam centers, where they are forced to weaponize AI chatbots and deepfakes.
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The world’s top EV battery maker pulled off 2025’s biggest IPO. Here’s what to know China’s CATL supplies about one in three electric cars, with Tesla, Ford, Volkswagen, and others...
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Noahpinion
Is the U.S. in a "high-level equilibrium trap"? When countries start fearing the future, they stagnate.
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Why AI advancement doesn’t have to come at the expense of marginalized workers In her new book, Empire of AI, Karen Hao insists that AI companies don’t have to choose between...
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Homegrown digital road maps turn into lifelines for West Bank’s Palestinians Community-built tech solutions are helping Palestinians navigate blockades and risks in the...
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Noahpinion
So why *did* U.S. wages stagnate for 20 years? There are a few theories, but none of them really satisfies.
2 months ago
SatPost by Trung...
AI Killed The College Paper. So, What's Next? It's time to grade the workflow (not the output).
2 months ago
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How Trump turned the Gulf’s oil kingdoms into silicon superpowers in his four-day trip Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE have pledged trillions of dollars in return for access to...
2 months ago
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Chinese startups once downplayed their origin. Now some celebrate it.  Following DeepSeek's rise, more Chinese companies are highlighting their roots as they expand...
2 months ago
Noahpinion
America has become a laughingstock This is no longer a serious country.
2 months ago
Throwable
What's Next For Software The software development industry is moving faster than ever before.
2 months ago
Noahpinion
Why has American pop culture stagnated? Predictably, my theories are all technological and economic.
2 months ago
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Robot chefs take over at South Korea’s highway restaurants, to mixed reviews Automation is posed as a labor shortage solution, but workers say robots are making their jobs — and...
2 months ago
Steve Blank
How the United States Gave Up Being a Science Superpower This article previously appeared in Nature. US global dominance in science was no accident, but a...
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This article previously appeared in Nature. US global dominance in science was no accident, but a product of a far-seeing partnership between public and private sectors to boost innovation and economic growth. Since 20 January, US science has been upended by severe cutbacks from...
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Why Apple can’t just quit China Patrick McGee, author of the new book Apple in China, on the too-close-to-break relationship between...
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Patrick McGee, author of the new book Apple in China, on the too-close-to-break relationship between the world’s second-most valuable company and its biggest geopolitical rival.
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How UAE is shifting gears to lead Middle East’s EV revolution The oil-rich nation is racing toward an electric future with ambitious targets and expanded...
2 months ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things: Requiem for capitalism edition (#63) Buffett's secret sauce; Trump's price controls; More bad Abundance critiques; The software...
2 months ago
Internal Tech Emails
Facebook's "cultural relevance is decreasing quickly" there’s also a chance that Elon unlocks product iteration velocity and that Twitter could grow a lot...
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there’s also a chance that Elon unlocks product iteration velocity and that Twitter could grow a lot as a competitor to us
Noahpinion
The crisis of the 21st century is here Slipping a little bit closer toward a world of war.
2 months ago
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Warren Buffett's $160B+ Apple Bet: A History The story behind how Warren Buffett shunned tech for decades, before making (probably) the greatest...
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The story behind how Warren Buffett shunned tech for decades, before making (probably) the greatest tech investment ever.
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How do you compete with Chinese e-commerce giants? A Vietnamese company is deploying housewives Sendo, once poised to become Vietnam’s leading e-commerce company, is reinventing itself to survive...
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Will India’s new satellite internet rules impact Starlink’s ambitions? We asked five experts Amid rising regional tensions, India's new regulations for satellite internet providers prioritize...
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What Meta’s dispute in Nigeria means for its millions of users Facing a penalty for data breaches, the social media giant is threatening to pull WhatsApp, Facebook...
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Who is Bhavish Aggarwal, the Indian EV founder compared to Elon Musk? Ola Electric’s IPO made Aggarwal one of India’s youngest billionaires, but his towering ambition and...
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How China is gaining ground in the Middle East cloud computing race Huawei and Alibaba are outpacing established U.S. providers by aligning with government priorities...
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The Tech Right is not succeeding Technologists once again prove ham-handed when it comes to politics.
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Why do econ journalists keep making this basic mistake? Imports don't subtract from GDP. Stop saying they do!
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The Indian company forcing Uber to change its business model Namma Yatri, launched by a SoftBank-backed fintech firm, pioneered the zero-commission model. Now...
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Namma Yatri, launched by a SoftBank-backed fintech firm, pioneered the zero-commission model. Now other ride-hailing apps are rethinking their strategy.
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Do you know what GDP is? I thought I knew! But the more I introspected, the hazy my understanding got. Is GDP amount of stuff...
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Welcome to The Future This time it arrived right on schedule.
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Brazil is going after social media sites to keep its kids safe Young Brazilians chase social media fame, selling “get-rich” schemes, while legal battles question...
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Young Brazilians chase social media fame, selling “get-rich” schemes, while legal battles question platform responsibility and the cost to childhood.
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Inside the spectacular rise and crash of India’s largest EV company Can Bhavish Aggarwal fix Ola Electric's problems — or is he one of them?
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I owe the libertarians an apology It turns out there are worse monsters than the market.
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If you think Americans are mad now, just wait a few months Some guesses as to how long it will take the real pain to arrive.
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Reality Check Like this newsletter? Why not listen to the podcast version on Better Offline? Part 1 is out now...
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China’s chipmakers are catching up to Nvidia and TSMC. Here’s how they compare Restrictions on U.S. chips have pushed the Chinese government to invest billions into its domestic...
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Why India fell behind China in tech innovation India’s government urges the private sector to take the lead in tech innovation, while industry...
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How to have friends past age 30 A quick and simple guide.
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You are the heir to something greater than Empire Our golden age lies in our future, not our past.
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A conversation about craft, code, and creative freedom with indie game artisan Neal Agarwal, creator of Neal.fun.
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Kenya’s solution to teacher shortage: Embrace AI Kenyan teachers and edtech companies say AI tools help save time, but without widespread internet...
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Kenyan teachers and edtech companies say AI tools help save time, but without widespread internet connectivity, the impact is uneven.
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Chinese sellers and U.S. buyers prepare for the end of ultracheap shopping Temu and Shein are set to raise prices ahead of the de minimis loophole’s closure.
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When the world connected on Skype On the eve of its demise, Rest of World readers remember how Skype changed their world.
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The pundit's dilemma Trumpism will deindustrialize America. That's a hard pill for some thinkers to swallow.
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How Big Tech hides its outsourced African workforce New data reveals the hidden network of African workers powering AI, as they push for transparency...
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New data reveals the hidden network of African workers powering AI, as they push for transparency from the global companies that employ them indirectly.
Noahpinion
In which I review almost every episode of Black Mirror Dammit, I really need a break from economics.
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Worst-case scenarios and endgames for the Trump economy And why Trump's attack on the Fed makes them more likely.
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The $270B+ French firm is at the top of the luxury world (worth the same as LVMH on 1/6th of the sales)...and apparently not worried about tariffs.
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Why Vietnam is in the middle of the U.S.-China trade war The Southeast Asian nation has emerged as a promising alternative for tech suppliers diversifying...
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The Southeast Asian nation has emerged as a promising alternative for tech suppliers diversifying from China, but that comes with risks.
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Mark Zuckerberg and Snapchat I'm disappointed and frustrated by this. I don't know what else to say to him.
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Foxconn’s iPhone factory is fueling a real estate boom in a small Indian farming town The $2.5 billion “Project Elephant” will be the company’s second-largest factory outside China and...
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Will this be the Chinese Century? Probably yes, though that may not mean what people expect.
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David Perell
Buenos Aires: The Paris of South America? Have you ever met somebody who was trying really hard to convince you that they’re somebody they’re...
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Have you ever met somebody who was trying really hard to convince you that they’re somebody they’re not, and then you get to know them and you like them but not for the person they’re trying to be? That’s how I feel about Buenos Aires.  A week there piqued my curiosity, and at...
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Venezuelan migrants relied on clickwork to survive. Now AI is replacing them  Venezuela has long provided the tech industry with cheap, educated workers. But with the rise of...
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Venezuela has long provided the tech industry with cheap, educated workers. But with the rise of generative AI, jobs have become less lucrative and harder to find.
Steve Blank
How the U.S. Became A Science Superpower Prior to WWII the U.S was a distant second in science and engineering. By the time the war was over,...
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Prior to WWII the U.S was a distant second in science and engineering. By the time the war was over, U.S. science and engineering had blown past the British, and led the world for 85 years. It happened because two very different people were the science advisors to their nation’s...
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How Starlink took over Africa’s largest internet market Elon Musk’s company is set to become Nigeria's top internet service provider.
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The authoritarian takeover attempt is here Sadly, we were warned.
3 months ago
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Before we go any further: I hate to ask you to do this, but I need your help — I'm up for this year's Webbys for the best business podcast award. I know it's a pain in the ass, but can you sign up
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DeepSeek and chip bans have supercharged AI innovation in China Investors believe practical AI applications will fuel the next wave of growth, with startups...
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Investors believe practical AI applications will fuel the next wave of growth, with startups building on top of DeepSeek’s foundation.
Noahpinion
What would a real anti-China trade strategy look like? How we would do things if we were serious.
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Nothing Human
Unbendable Arm as Test Case for Religious Belief a hyperstition you can try at home
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"Let's leverage this position now!!!!" From: Steve Jobs
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Noahpinion
This is called "capital flight" It usually only happens to poor countries, and it never ends well.
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The (Ludicrous) Psychology of Slot Machines Slot Machines are the workhorse of Las Vegas casinos. After decades of design tweaks, the "crack...
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Slot Machines are the workhorse of Las Vegas casinos. After decades of design tweaks, the "crack cocaine of gambling" brings in more revenue than every other casino game combined.
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things: Nightmarica edition (#62) American dystopia; The assault on science; Trade war eternal; Abundance and redistribution;...
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American dystopia; The assault on science; Trade war eternal; Abundance and redistribution; Fertility and the draft; AI and skills; Smartphones and competence
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Trump’s tariffs test Vietnam’s role as manufacturing alternative to China The U.S.-China trade war drove Apple’s Chinese suppliers to Vietnam. Now they’re stuck with hard...
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Tesla arrives in Saudi Arabia after Musk’s tumultuous history Years after a dramatic fallout and a near-privatization saga, the electric vehicle giant is set to...
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Years after a dramatic fallout and a near-privatization saga, the electric vehicle giant is set to open showrooms in Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam.
Noahpinion
All the arguments for tariffs are wrong and bad Trump's defenders are flailing.
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Trump is escalating a global trade war. Rest of World tracked the fallout across five continents Trump’s latest round of tariffs targets nearly all U.S. imports, hitting countries across Asia,...
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Trump’s latest round of tariffs targets nearly all U.S. imports, hitting countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America with steep new rates and shaking global supply chains.
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Trump’s tariffs are testing Nvidia’s chip supremacy. Can Jensen Huang weather the storm? Stephen Witt, author of a new book on Nvidia and its CEO Jensen Huang, on how the leading AI chip...
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Stephen Witt, author of a new book on Nvidia and its CEO Jensen Huang, on how the leading AI chip designer is navigating geopolitical tensions around its products.
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Uber wades into a fierce price war to stay competitive in India Upstarts and political pressures are forcing Uber to play by new rules as they reshape India’s...
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What we learned from tracking AI use in global elections Citizens and politicians around the world last year used AI for misinformation, memes, and more.
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iPhones were already losing ground in China. Then came Trump’s tariffs Consumers ditch Apple for more advanced features and to support Chinese brands.
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Hey Democrats: Stop fiddling while Trump burns America Someone has to stop the Mad King.
3 months ago
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The Camera, Vincent Van Gogh and "The Starry Night" How the invention of the camera changed art and led to Van Gogh's classic painting.
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Trade deficits do not make a country poorer There are real problems with trade deficits, but Trump doesn't understand what they are.
3 months ago
Steve Blank
The U.S. Led the World in Science and Technology and Just Gave It Up Prior to WWII the U.S was a distant second in science and engineering. By the time the war was over,...
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Noahpinion
Tariffs: Another American act of intentional self-harm As Adam Smith said, "there is a great deal of ruin in a nation."
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After U.S. failure, Vietnam’s EV leader turns to markets dominated by Tesla and BYD VinFast follows its Vietnam playbook in Asia and targets the luxury market in the Gulf.
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Noahpinion
If you're in Tokyo, come join my hanami this Saturday! Not an actual blog post, just an invitation.
3 months ago
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This is how China skirts U.S. chip bans Chinese tech companies use smugglers, loopholes, and innovation to work around U.S. chip...
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How Brazil built a world-beating aircraft manufacturer A guest post by Pedro Franco.
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China’s SpaceSail is expanding where Elon Musk is stumbling The Shanghai satellite company is launching deals in countries where Starlink, X or Tesla are...
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The latest episode of Mad King Trump How long before businesses get fed up?
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U.S. tariffs threaten Mexico’s booming EV sector Despite the government's efforts to protect local businesses, geopolitical tensions could derail...
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Despite the government's efforts to protect local businesses, geopolitical tensions could derail Mexico's ambitions to become a major EV manufacturing hub.
Noahpinion
Understanding America's New Right Fighting for Western Civilization in someone else's back yard
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What you need to know about Africa’s first AI factory Nvidia and Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa join hands to bring supercomputer technology to...
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Turkey’s brain drain is taking its female coders with it As sexism persists in Turkey’s tech sector, women are leaving for less patriarchal workplaces...
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If and when you live in a dictatorship, how will you know? Trump's power is far from absolute, but he's always trying to see what he can get away with.
3 months ago
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Xiaohongshu’s global pivot: The surprise winner of the TikTok ban wants to keep its new users The China platform faces political risks and e-commerce challenges in its overseas push ahead of a...
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Careless People: Facebook insider’s memoir reveals more in what it omits Sarah Wynn-Williams’ memoir is a courageous feat, but it glosses over her own indifference to...
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Sarah Wynn-Williams’ memoir is a courageous feat, but it glosses over her own indifference to warnings from policymakers, civil society, and internal teams outside the U.S. about serious harm to communities from Facebook.
Noahpinion
Blue states don't build. Red states do. A timely repost, with some updates.
3 months ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
The Phony Comforts of AI Optimism A few months ago, Casey Newton of Platformer ran a piece called "The phony comforts of AI...
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A few months ago, Casey Newton of Platformer ran a piece called "The phony comforts of AI skepticism," framing those who would criticize generative AI as "having fun," damning them as "hyper-fixated on the things [AI] can't do." I am not going
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How a Japanese entrepreneur built Ethiopia’s fastest-growing EV maker Dodai is building 300 battery-swapping stations to cut costs and make EVs more accessible.
3 months ago
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A Trump H-1B crackdown could hit Big Tech hard, with Amazon suffering most U.S. tech firms — Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple — were the top 10 employers of H-1B...
3 months ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things: Japan Trip edition (#61) Trump and Social Security; San Francisco corruption; Phones making us dumb; Ukraine and drones;...
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Trump and Social Security; San Francisco corruption; Phones making us dumb; Ukraine and drones; Abundance stuff; Indian industrial policy; Steve Glinert on CHIPS reform
Noahpinion
The "corporate feudalism" thing won't work Warrenite progressives are not going to catch populist fire by bashing corporations.
3 months ago
Inverted Passion
Don’t compete The Internet is full of people winning all the time. Someone is traveling to exotic locations,...
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The Internet is full of people winning all the time. Someone is traveling to exotic locations, someone else is raising funds, and another person is winning awards. Essentially, everyone around you is succeeding while you do spend your days as the nature intended – sleeping,...
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H-Mart Stays Winning How the cult grocer went from a single Korean corner store in Queens, NY to America's largest Asian...
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How the cult grocer went from a single Korean corner store in Queens, NY to America's largest Asian supermarket with $1B+ in sales.
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Mexico’s first homegrown EV faces a bumpy road  Project Olinia aims to roll out its first model in 2026 as a cheaper alternative to popular Chinese...
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Project Olinia aims to roll out its first model in 2026 as a cheaper alternative to popular Chinese EVs, but faces several challenges.
Tom Blomfield
Vibecoding a production app TL;DR I built and launched a recipe app with about 20 hours of work - recipeninja.ai Background: I’m...
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TL;DR I built and launched a recipe app with about 20 hours of work - recipeninja.ai Background: I’m a startup founder turned investor. I taught myself (bad) PHP in 2000, and picked up Ruby on Rails in 2011. I’d guess 2015 was the last time I wrote a line of Ruby professionally....
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Google is Grounded and Needs to Learn How to Soar Here’s the punchline - I think Google is missing the mark with their AI search efforts. In this post...
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Here’s the punchline - I think Google is missing the mark with their AI search efforts. In this post I have a concrete proposal and a prototype you can try yourself that shows a different approach for the future of search. An approach that’s better for users and in a way that’s...
Noahpinion
Dems need to moderate and fight There's no contradiction there.
3 months ago
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“I need to rethink my future”: Tech professionals on how they’re coping with Trump’s rapidly... Many immigrants are concerned about the impacts of changing policies and anti-immigration rhetoric.
3 months ago
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Screaming customers, unpaid workers: Inside the chaotic demise of Indian online delivery pioneer... Dunzo was a trailblazer in India’s online delivery sector, but things went awry when it shifted from...
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How Tesla blew its lead BYD took the global EV crown. Now Chinese rivals and local startups are taking over emerging...
4 months ago
Noahpinion
Book review: "Abundance" In which Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson offer a whole new way of thinking about political economy.
4 months ago
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Tesla looks to India at a moment of crisis The company faces an uncertain future in the world’s third-largest auto market.
4 months ago
Noahpinion
I have written a book! It's called "Weeb Economy". But so far it's only in Japanese.
4 months ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
CoreWeave Is A Time Bomb Soundtrack: EL-P (ft. Aesop Rock) - Run The Numbers In my years writing this newsletter I have come...
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Soundtrack: EL-P (ft. Aesop Rock) - Run The Numbers In my years writing this newsletter I have come across few companies as rotten as CoreWeave — an "AI cloud provider" that sells GPU compute to AI companies looking to run or train their models.  CoreWeave had intended
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Dubai’s drone performances open new doors for creative workers The Middle East hosts some of the world’s largest and most expensive drone shows, but the work is...
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The Middle East hosts some of the world’s largest and most expensive drone shows, but the work is seasonal and doesn’t guarantee regular pay.
Noahpinion
It's time to start panicking about the national debt Trump and the Republicans are trying to make things even worse.
4 months ago
Essays - Benedict...
What kind of disruption? Software ate the world. Uber and Airbnb didn’t sell software - they disrupted and redefined...
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Software ate the world. Uber and Airbnb didn’t sell software - they disrupted and redefined markets. But what kind of disruption are we talking about ?
Noahpinion
China is trying to kneecap Indian manufacturing An attempt to head off its only future rival.
4 months ago
Essays - Benedict...
Apple innovation and execution It matters that Apple’s new Siri will be late, and it matters more that Apple didn’t realise. Is...
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It matters that Apple’s new Siri will be late, and it matters more that Apple didn’t realise. Is it more than that?
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The Case Against Streaming TV Shows New streaming TV shows ask for a 20-30 hour time commitment. Unlike network TV, you will often be...
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New streaming TV shows ask for a 20-30 hour time commitment. Unlike network TV, you will often be binge-ing alone and may never even get a pay-off (or the pay-off will suck).
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China’s AI frenzy: DeepSeek is already everywhere — cars, phones, even hospitals Chinese companies, as a signal of patriotism, are racing to build services on top of the homegrown...
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Chinese companies, as a signal of patriotism, are racing to build services on top of the homegrown AI model that has taken the world by storm since January.
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From Michigan to Hungary, foreign factories are facing local pushback Gotion’s attempt to open a battery plant in smalltown Michigan is hardly the first time...
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Gotion’s attempt to open a battery plant in smalltown Michigan is hardly the first time foreign-owned factories have clashed with locals.
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The decline of India’s largest EV company — in charts Ola Electric Mobility struggles to maintain its edge as legacy players tap into customer trust and...
4 months ago
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How BYD undercuts Tesla around the world, by the numbers BYD is more affordable than Tesla in at least 10 places outside the West.
4 months ago
Noahpinion
Why America betrayed Europe There are lots of reasons, actually.
4 months ago
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Starlink is coming to India. Here’s what to know An alliance with Airtel, one of India’s largest telcos, opens the door for Elon Musk’s satellite...
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An alliance with Airtel, one of India’s largest telcos, opens the door for Elon Musk’s satellite giant to access the world’s second-largest internet user base.
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How a Chinese battery factory sparked a political meltdown in a small Michigan town  The ambitious executives at Gotion wanted to join America’s EV gold rush. Then came geopolitics.
4 months ago
Noahpinion
There is no utopia waiting on the other side of Trump's economy It's just pain now in exchange for more pain later.
4 months ago
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Chinese food delivery giant dishes out deep discounts to win Saudi customers Can Keeta, Meituan’s global brand, sustain its low-cost strategy in the Middle East’s highly...
4 months ago
Noahpinion
This thing will fail Trump will not restore the "strong gods" of community, family, and faith.
4 months ago
Working Theorys
Make Something Heavy You're creating more than ever, but it weighs nothing.
4 months ago
Internal Tech Emails
Bill Gates on the iPod This whole Apple music experience is one that is interesting to me and makes me wonder where the...
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This whole Apple music experience is one that is interesting to me and makes me wonder where the scenario thinking is in Windows.
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things: Bananas republic edition (#60) Trump's chaos; GDP and government spending; DOGE; AI and growth; The baby bust
4 months ago
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An Ode to Skype PLUS: Erewhon's $19 Strawberry, Citi's UX Problem.
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Why most countries are struggling to shut down 2G Global leap to 4G and 5G would cut off phone access for millions of vulnerable people.
4 months ago
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Take Trump Seriously In his first presidency he was verbal shit-posting and looking what sticked and rotated people...
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In his first presidency he was verbal shit-posting and looking what sticked and rotated people around him until something fitted. This time he comes prepared and is very intentional about what he says and does.
Noahpinion
Trump takes a baseball bat to the U.S. economy Destroying Americans' livelihoods and wealth to satisfy the whims of a crazy ideology.
4 months ago
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As Bangladesh’s factories turn to surveillance and automation, garment workers feel the pressure Facing competition from Vietnam and Cambodia, factories are using automation and surveillance to...
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Colombia’s EV sales soar, but battery recycling startups struggle to keep pace A surge in electric vehicle sales has helped drive a boom in battery recycling, but the startups...
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Noahpinion
Is China inventing big important things? More thoughts on a great civilization at its peak.
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In India, buying a gun is a WhatsApp message away An analysis of more than 8,000 messages by Digital Witness Lab at Princeton University finds the...
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An analysis of more than 8,000 messages by Digital Witness Lab at Princeton University finds the Meta-owned platform is a thriving illegal firearms marketplace.
Noahpinion
A sovereign crypto fund is a new way to pay out regime cronies Once again, we find that crypto's true innovation is enabling gray-market payments.
4 months ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Power Cut A week ago, analyst TD Cowen revealed that Microsoft had canceled leases "totalling a couple hundred...
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A week ago, analyst TD Cowen revealed that Microsoft had canceled leases "totalling a couple hundred MWs," with "at least two private data center operators across multiple US markets." The report also details how Microsoft "pulled back on converting negotiated and signed...
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Mexico’s new tariffs hit Shein — and millions of local resellers The government hopes the 19% tax will push Asian e-commerce giants to grow their operations in...
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The government hopes the 19% tax will push Asian e-commerce giants to grow their operations in Mexico, and make up for 79,000 textile jobs lost to fast fashion.
Working Theorys
The Great Movie Theory Man's pursuit of greatness is the pursuit of a great film.
4 months ago
Noahpinion
America is ruled by gangsters now Three takeaways from Trump's disastrous meeting with Zelensky.
4 months ago
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Magnus Carlsen, David Deutsch and the "Fun Criterion" PLUS: Ferrari’s Wild Economics, Timothée Chalamet, Cost of Being On YouTube.
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Gulf of Mexico vs. Gulf of America: How digital maps display disputed names Governments frequently disagree over the names of places. Here’s how mapping apps have dealt with...
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Africa’s startup funding crisis deepens as Mastercard Foundation exits top VC firm The withdrawal leaves a gap in support for early-stage startups, as Africa’s tech funding has been...
4 months ago
Noahpinion
Popular econ books: What to read, what not to read A long overdue list.
4 months ago
Articles
What the podcast industry gets wrong about YouTube
4 months ago
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China wants tech companies to monetize data, but few are buying in A first-of-its-kind policy allows Chinese firms to treat data as an asset, but compliance hurdles...
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A first-of-its-kind policy allows Chinese firms to treat data as an asset, but compliance hurdles are keeping many companies on the sidelines.
Noahpinion
What happens when we gut federal science funding? An experiment I would prefer not to conduct.
4 months ago
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Nigerians are building affordable alternatives to AWS and Google Cloud Local cloud startups offer data sovereignty at a time when the debate about who has access to a...
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Noahpinion
How the Democrats can fight back against MAGA Return to the liberalism of 1992.
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Ed Zitron's Where's...
There Is No AI Revolution Soundtrack: Mack Glocky - Chasing Cars Last week, I spent a great deal of time and words framing...
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Soundtrack: Mack Glocky - Chasing Cars Last week, I spent a great deal of time and words framing the generative AI industry as a cynical con where OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei have used a compliant media and braindead investors to frame unprofitable,...
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Why one of the world’s major AI pioneers is betting big on Saudi Arabia Jürgen Schmidhuber says the whole world can benefit from the kingdom’s funding of futuristic AI...
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Jürgen Schmidhuber says the whole world can benefit from the kingdom’s funding of futuristic AI initiatives, and lead to a new golden age for science.
Noahpinion
Only fools think Elon is incompetent Underestimate a man like this at your peril.
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SatPost by Trung...
So Much "Succession" The Murdoch family succession drama is as succession-y as "Succession" could ever succession.
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Noahpinion
America is being sold out by its leaders If Trump and Elon think they can forge a grand right-wing alliance with China and Russia, they're...
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If Trump and Elon think they can forge a grand right-wing alliance with China and Russia, they're heading for trouble.
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Turkey’s translators are training the AI tools that will replace them Human fallout may include being replaced by LLMs, diminished skills, and fewer career options for...
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Noahpinion
Japan, South Korea, and Poland need nuclear weapons immediately A repost, with some urgent updates.
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Essays - Benedict...
The Deep Research problem OpenAI’s Deep Research is built for me, and I can’t use it. It’s another amazing demo, until it...
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OpenAI’s Deep Research is built for me, and I can’t use it. It’s another amazing demo, until it breaks. But it breaks in really interesting ways.
Noahpinion
One big thing the legacy media gets wrong Analysis is not "opinion".
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Ed Zitron's Where's...
The Generative AI Con It's been just over two years and two months since ChatGPT launched, and in that time we've seen...
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It's been just over two years and two months since ChatGPT launched, and in that time we've seen Large Language Models (LLMs) blossom from a novel concept into one of the most craven cons of the 21st century — a cynical bubble inflated by OpenAI CEO
Nothing Human
Whole Activities It is a fallen world, and there is no consonance between our bodies, minds, and souls.
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Noahpinion
It's time for Europe to stand up America is not coming to save you, but you have the power to save yourselves.
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OnlyFans Sticky Business Model PLUS: DoorDash, Apple Intelligence Ads, Walgreens Madness.
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Articles
AI isn't going to build your startup
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Working Theorys
your dreams demand your best hours a short reflection on the inequality of time
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Noahpinion
At least five interesting things: Chaos Blitz edition (#59) Trump's chaos blitz; Econ data isn't fake; China's tech cluster; Abundance ideas; AI and antitrust;...
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Syria just hosted its first international tech conference in 50 years Syrian-American entrepreneurs and investors hope to facilitate 25,000 new tech jobs in the country...
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Noahpinion
Anti-anti-neoliberalism is also not enough We're never going back to the 1990s, and the Biden years have important things to teach us.
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Teens across Asia migrate to Taiwan for promises of semiconductor jobs Student-interns are paid for low-skill factory tasks and spend little time in the classroom.
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Pakistan’s electric rickshaws are accelerating the country’s EV revolution Automaker Sazgar is focused on meeting local needs as Pakistan pushes for EV adoption, but high...
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Ed Zitron's Where's...
What We're Fighting For Soundtrack: Bad Religion — The Resist Stance A great deal of what I write feels like narrating the...
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Soundtrack: Bad Religion — The Resist Stance A great deal of what I write feels like narrating the end of the world — watching as the growth-at-all-costs, hyper-financialized Rot Economy seemingly tarnishes every corner of our digital lives. My core frustration isn't just how...
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Chinese Temu sellers use fake U.S. postage labels to boost their profits Some vendors have figured out how to maintain ultralow prices: Trick the U.S. postal service into...
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Internal Tech Emails
Should we buy Instagram, Foursquare, or Pinterest? It's really expensive -- probably ~$1 billion.
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Noahpinion
What's going to happen to Ukraine now? The most likely scenario is some form of Finlandization.
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Tariff Engineering, Explained PLUS: The Year of Kendrick, Temu and Shein Clapped, Luka Doncic Trade.
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Working Theorys
Aesthetic Warfare (and the Power of Aesthetic Authorship) Culture wars are won through aesthetics.
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U.S. tariffs on China can’t slow the impact of Chinese imports worldwide New tariffs on China imposed by Trump — and an end to direct e-commerce shipping to U.S. consumers —...
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New tariffs on China imposed by Trump — and an end to direct e-commerce shipping to U.S. consumers — could impact Shein and Temu, but their influence extends globally.
Noahpinion
When are tariffs good? National security, infant industries, national champions, and some more unorthodox theories.
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Is Google Maps fatally misleading drivers in India? It’s complicated Maintaining accurate maps is a daunting task in a country where road names and addresses are not...
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DeepSeek’s rise shows why China’s top AI talent is skipping Silicon Valley Young Chinese engineers focus on homegrown innovation, drawn by fewer visa hurdles and the chance to...
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