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A Watergate Every Week

J. D. Vance contends that the scandal would be “a 12-hour news story” today. He’s probably correct, but the lesson isn’t what he claims

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Politics

Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028

(0:00) Nate Silver joins the pod! (10:02) California's ballot counting problem: Raman's late-mail surge, ballot harvesting claims, and why the US counts slower than India (25:18) Democrats' three-way civil war: The left, the abundance libs, and Newsom's "resistance lib" base (34:48) The winning 2028 playbook: Anti-oligarch messaging, why young men want control, and immigrants fleeing the Dems (45:48) How algorithmic social media entrenches polarization: Elon's X, filter bubbles, and the death...

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Culture

Jackson Dahl podcasts with me and Nabeel on aesthetics

Filmed at home, this ran about two hours, and yes that is Nabeel Qureshi, with a cameo from Spinoza toward the very end. From Jackson: Links Transcript/links Twitter Spotify Apple YouTube LinkedIn From the episode summary: Tyler and Nabeel are good friends, and given how prolific Tyler is, I decided to use Nabeel as an […] The post Jackson Dahl podcasts with me and Nabeel on aesthetics appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesMy Conversation with Joanne PaulMy excellent Conversat...

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Education

AI cheating on math econ at Brown

The temptation to use artificial intelligence (AI) to cheat is shaking up elite universities in the United States. Professor Roberto Serrano, who is the Harrison S. Kravis University Professor of Economics at Brown University, has detected a massive fraud in one of the classes he teaches, ECON 1170, an advanced undergraduate course in mathematical economics. He has […] The post AI cheating on math econ at Brown appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to Wayfaring Stranger. To ...

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Technology

The Download: metric weaknesses and AI elephant warnings

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. The inevitable weakness of metrics There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more that it can obscure or corrupt. Like a lot of people bitten…

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