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Listen: https://ift.tt/ZRmKCEe In the fourth and final conversation in this series David talks to Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, about where we might be heading. Where does the greatest risk of global collapse lie? Who is ultimately responsible for our… more ›
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Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/childs-play-sam-kriss-ai-startup-roy-lee/ more ›
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About nothing it is hardly worth while to waste a word https://open.substack.com/pub/samkriss/p/youll-regret-it?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/QuIThUa Just beneath the surface of the global economy, there is a hidden layer of dealmakers for whom war, chaos, and sanctions can be a great business opportunity.In this updated episode from 2025, journalists Javier Blas and Jack Farchy help… more ›
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Over the first half of 2025, the USA has cut science as never before. This disaster for American science is a gift to the rest of the world. https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/american-science-brain-drain/ more ›
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Transcript of William Gibson Interview https://craphound.com/nonfic/transcript.html more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/IcMm1J8 The U.S. is at war with Iran. This week, Preet is joined by The Washington Post foreign affairs columnist David Ignatius. He breaks down the US-Israeli military operations in Iran, the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali… more ›
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On stage at Imagination In Action’s AI Summit in Davos with John Werner, founder and CEO of Imagination In Action, Yann LeCun discusses the inevitable shift from current large language models to a new paradigm of “physical AI” based on… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/xhuqCQt Today let’s talk about prediction markets, which continue to insert themselves into the news cycle and the news in increasingly weird, unsettling, and potentially illegal ways. My guest today is Liz Lopatto, a senior reporter at The Verge… more ›
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Two sitting heads of state, eight weeks apart. On Saturday, February 28, the United States and Israel launched a massive military assault on Iran that resulted in the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with much of his senior command.… more ›