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a16z’s Jen Kha and David George sit down with Accolade Partners’ Aram Verdiyan to discuss how AI is changing the power law of technology investing, why the largest companies can compound advantages in ways that weren’t possible before, and what that means for how investors construct portfolios. They explore why AI may be much bigger than traditional software, with applications reaching into labor, healthcare, transportation, services, and other major parts of the economy. David explains why c...
Local government reorganisation credibility is on the line sam.macrory Thu, 10/09/2026 - 20:22 Local authorities need a clear delivery timetable following the the LGR process review. 4 Comment Matthew Fright Institute for Government Yes Pressing pause on the LGR process, Angela Rayner noted that a “huge amount of work has already gone into progressing reorganisation in each of these areas”. Devolution Local government Local government reorganisation Labour Burnham government Starmer governmen...
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We study whether Democratic college professors make their students more liberal. We link voter data to salary records from 33 state flagships and show that faculty skew Democratic, especially in the humanities and social sciences. We then use student transcripts from one flagship to estimate causal effects. Students become more liberal during college regardless of […] The post Do Faculty Affect Student Partisanship? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesMy excellent Conversati...
I am seeing so many doom prognostications, or least severe worries, due to the OAI/HuggingFace incident and related stories. But virtually all of these I find underargued to say the least. So I have a simple request. If you are worried, and wish to persuade the doubters, try the methods of science. I would like […] The post Act like it is science appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsOne firm’s cybersecurity spending is another firm’s . by Kaz StanczakOne of the principles of contemp...