Machine Culture

A Stanford political economist uses AI to build prototypes, run experiments, and figure out how to keep us free in an algorithmic world.

Imperfect takes with uncertain payoff

Exploring how AI works and how it's changing our world.

The home for all Econ Nerds content.

Ideas for living well and doing meaningful work.

Stay ahead of AI risks with continuous monitoring. We equip decision-makers to anticipate, understand, and manage AI risks.

Welcome to Humane Pursuits, a newsletter and podcast dedicated to revisiting the core ideas, institutions, and traditions of the American experiment on the 250th anniversary of its founding.

Everything you need to know about the world of AI Policy.

Essays about buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology.

Essays and analysis about elections, media, sports, poker, and all the other things I care about.

Economics and other interesting stuff

How to update the default settings of government, by former CHIPS Program Office leadership.

Publishing independent research and curating the best science writing from across the blogosphere.

human-centric economic analysis to help all of us understand the world better

Optimistic takes on why things cost so much, why institutions make mistakes, and what AI is actually changing.

Emergent Leadership in a Complex World - what Complexity Science can teach leaders in public policy and private life. NOW AVAILABLE!

by Liya Palagashvili and Revana Sharfuddin

Technology, politics, supply chains, chips, AI, economics, history. And whatever else is on my mind.

The Fiscal Lab on Capitol Hill creates rigorous analyses that emphasize the federal budget’s impact on fiscal trajectories and on economic growth.

University Prof of Econ & Phil at GMU and author most recently of The Struggle for a Better World.

Visions for our best technological future. Foreign policy, technology, futurism, art, sci-fi, and culture.

My personal Substack

Maximum Progress is a blog by Max Tabarrok on economics, science, philosophy, and progress.

My personal Substack

Observations informed by having paid attention for a long time.

AI, Technology, history, big dumb questions broadly explored.

A newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history from Adam Tooze. More substantial than the twitter feed. More freewheeling than what you might read from me in FT, Foreign Policy, New Statesman.

FinRegRag is the Mercatus Center's ongoing and informal discussion of all things financial regulation.

Nerdy literature newsletter. Helping you make the most of your reading.

Tales from the history of innovation.

Join top forecaster Peter Wildeford as he forecasts our fast paced future and discusses AI, national security, innovation, emerging technology, and the powers - real and metaphorical - that shape our world.

nihil humani alienum

I am a research scientist at PSL (Institut Jean Nicod, CNRS, Paris), where I work with the Evolution and Social Cognition team.

Clear writing and clear thinking about the worlds shaping the Bay Area. New pieces on Wednesdays.

Scribblings and prayers along the road to being reconciled with Time.

Ideas for progress in economics, science, and technology. Subscribe for updates about Poor Charlie's Almanack and other forthcoming Stripe Press books and events.

News, demos, and analysis from the Emerging Technology Observatory (https://eto.tech), CSET's public platform for data and insight on critical emerging tech issues.

Geopolitical analysis from a former CIA officer. Examining the fractures—between nations, within regimes, and across alliances—that shape what happens next. Listen to my pod, “Intel @ the Edge”!

Post-apocalyptic Road Trips, End of the World-building, and Interesting Times.

Discovering, creating, and inventing a better world through technological innovation, economic growth, and pro-progress culture.

Exploring the intersection of politics & data with Patrick Ruffini

Analyzing AI as transformative but normal technology, not superintelligence.

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

Deciphering why people and society work the way they do

Macroeconomic Policy Nexus is a newsletter that will cover the Macro Musings podcast as well as the latest developments in the monetary, financial, and fiscal policy space that interest David Beckworth.

Takes on securing extremely powerful AI models + occasional updates on our attempts to make it happen faster/better.

New and underrated ideas to improve the world. Visit our website: worksinprogress.co

Decoding China tech for global minds

Retired Special Forces soldier’s thoughts on defense, technology, parenting, and other things that catch my interest. Occasionally, I have guest writers on.