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How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics
The parallel evolution of two foundational commodities in a new economic layer.
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In this episode, Joanne is joined by Azeem Azhar, founder of Exponential View, to unpack what it will take for AI to move from individual productivity gains to true org-level transformation. The conversation builds on Joanne and Leo’s recent essay… more ›
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Africa’s electric vehicle transition is accelerating as Kenya and Rwanda push toward energy independence, local EV assembly, and electric freight corridors linking Nairobi to Kigali. In this episode of the Africa EV Show, Njenga Hakeenah speaks with John Msingo of… more ›
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Scientists have developed a solar desalination system that turns seawater into drinking water without creating environmentally damaging brine. Special laser-textured metal panels use sunlight to evaporate water while automatically moving salt deposits away from the working surface, preventing clogging. The… more ›
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In this episode of Open Position, GBI & Wealthion CEO Steven Feldman sits down with Dror Poleg—AI economic expert, economic historian, former private equity executive, and combat veteran—to discuss how our economy has completely shifted under our feet. Dror explains… more ›
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Cory Doctorow has a refrain: “The most important thing about a gadget isn’t what it does; it’s who it does it for and what it does it to.” In this episode of “Galaxy Brain,” he sits down with Charlie Warzel… more ›
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The mayor’s speech at the Knicks parade was as good as it gets. Here’s the whole thing. — more ›
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It’s like Big Brother without any limits, or broadcast standards. WIRED goes on location—and on camera—with the cult hit. https://www.wired.com/story/interactive-violent-gross-inside-fishtank-the-unhinged-future-of-reality-tv/ more ›
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How do the binary electronic signals of neurons give rise to subjective experience? Mathematician and machine learning researcher Nina Miolane joined science historian Claire Isabel Webb to explore this question from an unexpected direction: geometry. Plotting the collective firing rate… more ›
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In this conversation, Boots Riley breaks down why “boosters” or people who shoplift and resell goods in their communities are often treated as villains while the larger systems that create poverty and inequality go unquestioned. Drawing from his experiences as… more ›