Tyler Cowen
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Man’s best friend?
When it comes to bear encounters in or near the wild, dogs are the aggressors in 54 percent of incidents, according to a recent study conducted by bear experts at Brigham Young University and other…
Earth fact of the day, #2
The shortages have gone on for so long that they are aggressively driving down how much carbon is being released into the atmosphere, a Washington Post analysis of data from the International Energy…
AI in science
Scientific progress is a key driver of economic growth and prosperity. There is great excitement- but also concerns- about the impacts of AI on science, but so far little data.
The Federal Lands: An Economic Property Rights Perspective
The US federal government owns and administers 472,892,659 acres or 21% of the land area of the lower 48 states, the country’s largest landowner.
What should I ask Terence Tao?
Yes, I will be doing a Conversation with him. And he has a new book coming out Six Math Essentials. So what should I ask him?
Should you text more?
Here, in five waves of panel data (N = 1,966 US adults), we examined associations between life satisfaction and self-reported use of ten common social technologies measured every 3 months on a…
A doomsday scenario for American AI
That is the title of my latest Free Press column, here is the closing bit: Sick and elderly Americans will go to Chinese companies for their AI-invented and AI-tested medical devices and drugs.
Good points from James Gilliland
It pains me to say this, but if we actually “get AGI,” the resulting boom in industrial capacity from robotics and massive society-wide wealth creation will look like a total vindication of…
Armenia notes
I strongly recommend a trip to Armenia, now is a great time to go. Here are a few things I noticed: 1. The country remains intellectual. The book fair is well attended.