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Words of wisdom on Chinese AI and our responses

Words of wisdom on Chinese AI and our responses

The strategy for China is obvious: commoditize your complements. Note that Xi explicitly ties openness to AI “moving from the digital world into the physical world”; the physical world is the world do...

July 20, 2026
Emergent Ventures winners, 56th cohort

Emergent Ventures winners, 56th cohort

Audrey London, Los Angeles, to write a book on water in California. Seyi Oluwasanmi, London, to bring Brits to SF to learn tech. Thomas Haferlach, Berlin, payments and compute layer for the long tail ...

July 20, 2026
Cross-ethnic casting

Cross-ethnic casting

I complained about the casting of The Odyssey per se (the blind beggar was best), but in general I do not mind cross-ethnic casting.  I am glad Elizabeth Taylor played Cleopatra, Dev Patel played Davi...

July 19, 2026
How does social media change people?

How does social media change people?

I would not trust the results of this (or any) paper on this topic very much, but it is good to see some inquiry along different dimensions than the usual: Past research explored the beneficial and ha...

July 19, 2026
Cataloging Growth: A Re-Evaluation of 1900–1990

Cataloging Growth: A Re-Evaluation of 1900–1990

From Verónica Bäcker-Peral and Benjamin Wittenbrink of MIT: Measuring real GDP growth requires distinguishing changes in prices from changes in product quality and composition, yet systematic quality ...

July 17, 2026
New Jersey Bets Big on Small Nuclear Reactors

New Jersey Bets Big on Small Nuclear Reactors

India Proposes Stricter Vehicle Emission Rules To Cut Oil Consumption Haley Zaremba is an energy journalist and researcher with more than a decade of professional experience covering global energy sys...

July 17, 2026
US Oil Drilling Picks Up As Brent Gains 4%

US Oil Drilling Picks Up As Brent Gains 4%

India Proposes Stricter Vehicle Emission Rules To Cut Oil Consumption What I Cover Julianne Geiger is a veteran energy journalist and market analyst with more than a decade of experience covering the ...

July 17, 2026
831(b) Institute to Host Free CE Event in Chicago

831(b) Institute to Host Free CE Event in Chicago

Home > CPE CPE | July 17, 2026 831(b) Institute to Host Free CE Event in Chicago Accounting, tax, financial, and insurance professionals are invited to attend a free continuing education event h...

July 17, 2026
Jeff Currie: Illusion of Oil Abundance Is Gone

Jeff Currie: Illusion of Oil Abundance Is Gone

India Proposes Stricter Vehicle Emission Rules To Cut Oil Consumption Alex Kimani is a veteran finance writer, investor, engineer and researcher for Safehaven.com.  Carlyle Group Chief Strategy Office...

July 17, 2026