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The Download: AI “mind-reading” and creative uses for small batteries

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. An AI “mind-reading” tool can reconstruct what you’re looking at based on a brain scan A new AI tool can guess what you’re looking at just by analyzing your brain scans—and…

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Alvin Roth to the rescue, the polity that is Singapore

Singapore has launched a dating platform, the latest social-engineering experiment by the city-state’s government to tackle its fast-declining fertility rate. The initiative, known as FirstDate, opened under a pilot scheme this month for public sector employees aged 21-35 and uses a Nobel Economics Prize-winning matchmaking algorithm. An additional tool suggests date activities and allows users […] The post Alvin Roth to the rescue, the polity that is Singapore appeared first on Marginal REVO...

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Politics

My excellent Conversation with Luis Garicano

Here is the audio, video, and transcript. Here is part of the episode summary: Tyler and Luis start their conversation with Spain — housing, NIMBYism, and the productivity crisis; Spanish literature and why the Civil War still looms so large; and what Chicago taught Luis about party discipline in European politics. Then to the EU’s […] The post My excellent Conversation with Luis Garicano appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsI haven't read the transcript for this but considering the...

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Politics

Cartoon: Democracy v autocracy

This cartoon explores the ongoing struggle between democracy and autocracy, highlighting the contrasting values and challenges faced by societies in their governance choices.

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