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Emmanuel Macron’s longer term legacy will not be one of style over substance, but of creating a certain idea of France’s place in the modern world Source
By developing understanding of the global engineering safety research publication and funding landscape, this work is intended to support research and funding in the field, leading to the development of safer engineered systems
This appendix updates the response rates, summary statistics, and econometric analyses described in the previous report with data from all cohorts of the GADCS reported as of May 15, 2025 (including Year 1 through Year 4 cohorts)
a16z general partner David Haber spoke with Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon and a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz on the current macro environment, enterprise AI adoption, and crypto and AI policy. Solomon describes what he calls the "sweetest spot" he's seen in 40 years and explains Goldman's "One GS 3.0" initiative to reimagine core processes with AI. Horowitz discusses why "leads aren't what they once were" in AI and how a16z grew from a startup VC to capturing 18% of all US venture capital
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From Michael Coren at The Washington Post: The child development researchers I spoke to about it? Practically blasé. They saw screens as a valuable tool — overused but useful — that can help families when handled well. What I didn’t hear: bans, panic or moral judgments. It was framed as a choice — one you […] The post Mainstream research views on kids, teens, and screens appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesIs school worse for your kids than social media?My Free Press column ...
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Ragebait, sponcon, A.I. slop — the internet of 2026 makes a lot of us nostalgic for the internet of 10 or 15 years ago. What exactly went wrong here? How did the early promise of the internet get so twisted? And what exactly is wrong here? What kinds of policies could actually make our digital lives meaningfully better? Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu have two different theories of the case, which I thought would be interesting to put in conversation together. Doctorow is a science fiction writer, a...