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Noah Smith

Economics commentator; writes the Noahpinion newsletter

The latest interviews, podcast appearances, and blog posts from Noah Smith, updated daily.

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3 months ago
Aug 11

The poverty of anti-tech thought

Some of my colleagues have been led into an intellectual cul-de-sac.

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3 months ago
Aug 6

Are the Democrats going to save us this time?

And if not, what do we do?

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3 months ago
Aug 4

The end of the age of heroes

AI will soon be better at math than any human. What does that mean?

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3 months ago
Jul 30

Why did South Korean stocks just crash?

The AI boom creates a lot of uncertainty.

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3 months ago
Jul 28

Roundup #85: Most policy is also industrial policy

Trump and science; U. S. national debt; Europe and software; America and trains; China and metal refining; Indian women…

Noahpinion
3 months ago
Jul 27

The SF Political Compass, with Sam D'amico and Noah Smith

There has been a lot of discussion of the SF housing crisis on the timeline recently so I brought on @sdamico and @Noahpinion to break down how we got here while we cooked some steaks.

Members of Technical Staff (podcast)
3 months ago
Jul 26

What will more intelligence actually do for us?

A lot, actually. But it won't look quite like what humans do with our intelligence.

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3 months ago
Jul 24

America's Economy Is Entering a New Era

Today on Prof G Markets, Ed Elson and Scott Galloway are joined by Noah Smith for a livestream to discuss what AI issues he thinks deserve more attention…

Prof G Markets (Scott Galloway & Ed Elson)
4 months ago
Jul 22

Who was the worst monster of the 20th century?

And who is the worst monster of the 21st?

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4 months ago
Jul 20

The UK is a cautionary tale for the U.S.

Learning from Britain's missteps doesn't mean looking down on them.

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