Category: Bibliography

***** Why Trump Can’t Sell Putin a Deal Economic incentives don’t persuade the Russian leader. Here’s what could. By Thomas Wright

One Word Describes Trump A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world. By Jonathan Rauch

The Myth of Safe AI Silicon Valley promises to make AI benevolent. That may be technically impossible. By Matteo Wong

***** The Armageddon Economy Tech leaders have escape plans. What about everybody else? By Charlie Warzel

The DEI Language That’s Doing More Harm Than Good Those committed to the fight for equal opportunity in hiring should reconsider the movement’s rhetoric, but not the principle that everyone should get a fair shot. By Conor Friedersdorf

***** Why So Many Men Aren’t Working Jobs exist. The trouble lies in finding men who are willing and able to take them. By Keith Humphreys and Brent Orrell

How Corruption Got This Bad Over the course of decades, the Supreme Court has legalized behavior that is poisonous to a functioning democracy. By Leo J. Wise

‘Nothing About This Was Inevitable’

Kevin Roose’s new book, “The AGI Chronicles,” discusses our march toward artificial general intelligence, @matteo_wong writes. Wong asks whether that trajectory is really inevitable: