Tyler Cowen
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Emergent Ventures winners, 58th cohort
Jethro Elsden, London area, to study the regulatory structure of the UK using AI. Paula Benedetti, Buenos Aires, marine biology work in Brazil. Nyida Gyal, 17, northern Virginia, AI and data.
Dolly Parton, RIP
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AI and constitutions (from my email)
“Dear Tyler, I enjoyed reading your notes on visiting Anthropic to advise on Claude’s constitution.
Do Minimum Wages Help Worker in Poor and Low-Income Families?
We provide the first direct estimates of the effects of minimum wages on low-wage workers in families at different points of the distribution of income-to-needs, using data from the Survey of Income…
I DJ for Rick Rubin about music and patriotism
MUSIC EPISODE: “You think you understand patriotism, you have your hands around it–it’s the simple thing, but it turns out it’s not.
Childhood Exposure to Joint Custody Reforms and Adult Family Formation
Joint custody reforms are among the most consequential family-law changes for children, yet little is known about their long-term effects.
Common sense in charge
…children are increasingly seen as interfering with the freedom of parents; views on whether mothers of young children should work have become markedly more progressive and account for a substantially…
My recent visit to Anthropic
I very recently participated in a two-day session to offer guidance on rewriting the constitution for Claude.
The new agentic O-ring world
But because agents often require guidance or additional context as they move through their tasks, Sharma, 27, finds himself wanting to be available to them around the clock and forgoing a regular…
The End of Friday Nights with Friends
This study examines how Americans’ time with friends has changed over the week, focusing not on how much social interaction has declined but on when it has.