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Daron Acemoglu on Liberalism, Automation, and the Educated Elite
Daron Acemoglu returns for his second appearance with a new book, What Happened to Liberal Democracy?, which Tyler reads as an attempt to redefine and revitalize liberalism for our times.
How much will cybersecurity costs rise?
Here is one (partial) estimate of the higher cyber costs.
Who enters Congress?
We trace the family origins of Members of Congress (MC) born between 1830 and 1950, linking each MC, their parents, and their brothers to the complete-count censuses.
How well does AI peer review work?
Claude and I planted 100 known errors into 10 open-access psychology papers and then ran them through frontier models and two commercial AI review tools.
Brian Chau at work
I am automating investigative journalism at News We’re breaking five stories today based on verifiable financial data which everyone missed for years.
Do Faculty Affect Student Partisanship?
We study whether Democratic college professors make their students more liberal.
Act like it is science
I am seeing so many doom prognostications, or least severe worries, due to the OAI/HuggingFace incident and related stories. But virtually all of these I find underargued to say the least.
One of the better pro-natalist Lieder
The post One of the better pro-natalist Lieder appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .
Is there a Balkan fertility paradox? (from my email)
The Balkans may be the only region other than central Asia where fertility has increased from 2015 to 2026.* All of the highest fertility rates in Europe are in the Balkans.
The future of warfare? (from my email)
As weapon systems increase in effectiveness, they will generally target one another rather than humans. Lower loss of life will ease conflict entry and hinder exit.