Recommendation: Two Conversations
The Ezra Klein Show: Timothy Snyder on Ukraine Good on history and the context for what’s going on in Ukraine. Great on language and the… Read More »Recommendation: Two Conversations
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Sam Altman on Public Sector AI, ownership and incentives
Ezra Klein: How should I feel about the idea these [artificial intelligences] will be privately owned, if they’re going to be this powerful? Sam Altman:… Read More »Sam Altman on Public Sector AI, ownership and incentives
Misreading the mind: Ezra Klein and Nicholas Carr on transactional reading and contemplation
Ezra Klein: If you can get the argument of a book – through book reviews or book essays or a Wikipedia page or something –… Read More »Misreading the mind: Ezra Klein and Nicholas Carr on transactional reading and contemplation
Raj Chetty on return on investment for social programs
Raj Chetty: This was an impressive study conducted by my colleagues Nathan Hendren and Ben Sprung-Keyser at Harvard… and the main punchline that they arrived… Read More »Raj Chetty on return on investment for social programs
The Life You Can Save
Singer’s work triggered the Effective Altruism movement, and his hugely influential book is now available as a free download in multiple formats – and as… Read More »The Life You Can Save