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Trying to make all you readers out there in SubStackLand—and myself—smarter, while keeping all of us entertained as well...
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The Long 20th Century—1870 to 2030, from the spread of the power loom to ASI—is the most consequential stretch of human history since the taming of fire. What happened during it—and before, and after...
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It Is Bad for Your Mental Health to Learn About the American Right's Truly Believes: HORROR OF THE DAY
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Is Kevin Warsh as Bad a Central Banker as He Seems? Perhaps...: TUESDAY MACRO
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Paolo's own subheadline: "A 10-minute update on what shipped, what broke, and what it costs now". From Autocomplete to loose cannons in this truly New…
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The part above the paywall, that is. Their subheading: "Anthropic’s Opportunity is Theirs to Lose..."
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One of the two greatest weblog posts EVAR. Now succumbed to link rot. Hence resurrected here...
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