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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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What are the ethics of (lucid) dream sex? What does it mean if you have dream sex with someone who is not your partner? How responsible are we for what we do in our dreams? In this candid conversation, Dr. Clare… more ›
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Erik Brynjolfsson, director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab breaks down how AI is disrupting work. https://time.com/7342494/ai-changed-work-forever/ more ›
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The shocking events of January have sent a message: America works differently now. M. Gessen is a Times Opinion columnist and the author of books about living under autocracy, including the National Book Award-winning “The Future Is History.” They have… more ›
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Global Value of Music Copyright Hits New All-Time High, Nearly Doubling in a Decade to $47.2bn in 2024 https://pivotaleconomics.com/undercurrents/music-copyright-2025 more ›
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Generative AI does not represent a break from this tradition, but its most democratic evolution. By acting as a digital atelier, a conceptual machine, and an intertextual loom, AI allows for an ‘operational elevation’ where humans can focus more on… more ›
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Don’t let the sun set on you in a sundown town. That’s what signs at the city limits of all-white communities warned when African-Americans were not allowed to live there or even visit after the sun set. This method of… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/BEQs6Ic The Afro is one of the most iconic hairstyles of the last century. And one of its main ingredients was a hair product – Afro Sheen. But Afro Sheen did so much more than make Black afros shine.… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/I8PWAqH Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss Trump’s turn from isolationism to interventionism in the wake of the Venezuela raid. Drawing on Trump’s first term, Ioffe explains how earlier risk-free strikes taught him that he could attack foreign targets… more ›