Here’s how we’re all going to die
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The death of Market Street
How San Francisco turned its most iconic street into a giant empty scar.
What if our biggest problems aren’t economic?
A new social challenge for a new century.
Are we watching the U.S. go bankrupt?
No, but there are still reasons for concern.
Economists should be worried about birth rates
Don’t be so quick to dismiss the threat of an aging, declining population.
Where to eat in San Francisco
Part 1 of my personal recommendations.
The end of an era for China's economy
Zhu Rongji's formula won't work anymore. But that doesn't mean Xi Jinping's will work either.
23 low-regret recommendations for AI policy
A guest post by Tim Fist and Saif Khan, with Tao Burga, Arthur Tellis, Ben Schifman, Jonah Weinbaum, and Olivia Scharfman
Roundup #86: Unintended consequences
The MAGA decline; The labor share decline; OPTs and American jobs; AI and Indian outsourcing; Drug users; AI and productivity; Botswana; Interracial Marriage; AI writing
The poverty of anti-tech thought
Some of my colleagues have been led into an intellectual cul-de-sac.
Should we "pace" AI self-improvement?
A guest post by Tim Fist and Saif Khan.
Banning data centers would blow up the U.S. economy
There's one thing keeping us afloat right now, and people want to get rid of it.
Are the Democrats going to save us this time?
And if not, what do we do?
The end of the age of heroes
AI will soon be better at math than any human. What does that mean?
Slopulism is taking over America
Sometimes bad populist ideas are just a mistake; sometimes they're being promoted for ideological reasons.