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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 Buriticupu, about 1,200 people risk losing their homes, and residents have seen the problem escalate in 30 years https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/21/amazon-brazil-sinkhole more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/7s5zDWh In this episode, we’re joined by Edward Fishman, one of the foremost experts on economic statecraft and sanctions. With a career spanning roles at the U.S. State Department, the Pentagon, and the Treasury Department, Fishman has been at… more ›
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I BEGAN WRITING this after I saw the photos of Donald Trump working at McDonald’s. Like many, I was struck by how much the images, with their bizarre aesthetics and surreal content, looked like they had been generated by artificial intelligence: “Donald… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/hfWaO1g In this week’s episode, Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman are joined by LARB contributor Gideon Jacobs for a discussion about the power of images in the era of Trump. Recorded in the hours after Trump’s inauguration,… more ›
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“The Bagatelles, Vol. 2”, by John Zorn more ›
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“Hymns of Bantu”, by Abel Selaocoe more ›
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“Procession: Defiant Life”, by Vijay Iyer more ›
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“We Burn so Brightly”, by Anoushka Shankar more ›
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On January 29, MPs from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) clustered around 46-year-old party leader Alice Weidel in parliament taking selfies. Weidel, dressed in a white rollneck and navy blazer, gave a reticent but pleased-looking smile at the camera.… more ›