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Bubbling Up
Byrne Hobart and Tobias Huber’s new book makes the case for economic mania as a driver of progress
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How to Spend a Trillion Dollars
A rebellious program of spending for a competent government.
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The Best Possible World
A computer scientist, Noor Siddiqui, wants to help everyone “have a healthy baby.” Will we let her?
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San Francisco Strikes Back
Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the City by the Bay
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The General Intelligence Tsunami
If Leopold Aschenbrenner’s “Situational Awareness” proves true, then we are on the cusp of the most important period in the history of humanity.
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The Ballad of Rahul Ligma
Rahul Sonwalkar (the real “Rahul Ligma”), the promise of AI, and the total victory of the hackers.
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The American Nuclear Tragedy
America gave up on nuclear. But it’s never too late to change course.
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The Earthly Miracle of the Grocery Store
How a Texas grocery store set the world free, and a Labor Day message about “price gouging.”
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Boyle’s War
In Silicon Valley and Washington D.C., a former journalist turned venture capitalist is waging a war for the memes, minds, and machines of the future.
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The FTC Hates Your Data
Inside the FTC’s crusade to make the Internet dumber and more expensive.
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Playing With Guns (and Phones)
The great phone debate, and what it means to love and understand a powerful technology.
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The Tinkerer’s Box of Dreams
An engineer and his box of phones tell the 30-year story of how the smartphone war was fought and lost.
