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A newsletter about abundance and building a better world.

Derek writes brilliantly about the economy and is co-author of the best-selling book Abundance. I've been reading his work avidly for 15 years.

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AI as Normal Technology

By Arvind and Sayash

Analyzing AI as transformative but normal technology, not superintelligence.

Two Princeton Computer scientists cut through the hype to help readers understand what's really going on in the AI world.

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Exponential View

By Azeem Azhar

AI analysis worth reading

In-depth analysis of AI and the economy by Azeem Azhar.

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Silver Bulletin

By Nate Silver

Essays and analysis about elections, media, sports, poker, and all the other things I care about.

Legendary data journalist Nate Silver covers politics, the future of media, and more.

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Asterisk Magazine

Clear writing and clear thinking about the worlds shaping the Bay Area. New pieces on Wednesdays.

Slow Boring

By Matthew Yglesias

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

Matt has been my favorite blogger for nearly 20 years now and his work has shaped my thinking on a number of policy issues. His newsletter, Slow Boring, has a high signal-to-noise ratio.

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Apricitas Economics

By Joseph Politano

Data-driven Insights on Economics, Business, Finance, and Public Policy.

If you want a deep, data-driven understanding of the economy, you need to be reading this newsletter.

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Noahpinion

By Noah Smith

Economics and other interesting stuff

Noah provides deeply insightful economic commentary on a wide range of topics, from renewable energy to the rise of Chian.

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The Argument

By Jerusalem Demsas

Join Us. We're Libbing Out.

Jerusalem Demsas leads a team of writers making the case for pro-abundance liberalism.

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Transformer

Covering the power and politics of transformative AI.

In-depth reporting on AI and AI policy.

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Interconnects AI

By Interconnects by Nathan Lambert

The cutting edge of AI, from inside the frontier AI labs, minus the hype. The border between high-level and technical thinking. Read by leading engineers, researchers, and investors.

Insightful and accessible commentary from a guy whose day job is actually training AI models.

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AI: A Guide for Thinking Humans

By Melanie Mitchell

I write about interesting new developments in AI.

Deep insights into why and how AI systems work (and don't work) from a prominent computer scientist.

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Hyperdimensional

By Dean W. Ball

A newsletter about emerging technology and the future of governance.

No policy thinker today understands AI more deeply than Dean Ball. He's also an elegant writer.

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