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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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On the Passage of a Few People Through a Rather Brief Moment in Time: The Situationist International 1956-1972 A video documentary combining exhibition footage of the Situationist International exhibitions with film footage of the 1968 Paris student uprising, and graffiti… more ›
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Order your copy now: http://bit.ly/2AKKkqW Jean-Luc Godard’s ferocious run of ground breaking 1960s commercial features neared a terminus point as the filmmaker turned his gaze onto the nascent left-wing student organisations coalescing on university campuses across France and environs. The… more ›
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The platform enables AI agents to make payments across networks. https://www.axios.com/2026/04/08/visa-ai-agent-payments-platform more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/34AftcD Opening Remarks & Session 1: What China Wants Johns Hopkins SAIS ACF Conference, April 3, 2026 This week's episode features audio from a day-long conference hosted by the Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs… more ›
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Director Christopher Nolan’s breakout film explores themes of the nature of memory and personal identity. https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/04/memento-turns-25/?utm_source=semafor more ›
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Some time last year a distinction began to be drawn between electrostates and petrostates. https://open.substack.com/pub/adamtooze/p/chartbook-439-electrostates-v-petrostates?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/EG5skLA In this conversation, Drew Endy, a bioengineer at Stanford, discusses the future of synthetic biology and its potential to transform society by 2050. He envisions a world where 10 billion people can live flourishing lives through abundant resources… more ›
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Pilot schools in China are already using AI to grade children’s artwork, monitor their facial expressions during lectures, and screen them for psychological problems — and the Ministry of Education (MOE) wants schools across the country to follow suit. https://www.chinatalk.media/p/chinas-ai-education-experiment more ›