Look from different angles on economies. “Median income will tell you the living standard of a typical or middle-class person, in the middle of the income distribution. But if one country leaves a large segment of its populace to languish… Read More »America is generally richer than Europe
Without basic knowledge it can get funny really fast. “The response that came back was so pure, so innocent, it almost broke my brain: “We’ve never heard of certificates. What’s a certificate?”Now, if you work in security, this is like… Read More »Hacker and Physicist
Not sure if they get the path to solution right, but I thing they defined the problem quite well. “The future isn’t one model to rule them all—it’s hundreds or thousands of specialized models working together in orchestrated workflows. “… Read More »AGI Is an Engineering Problem
Some problems do not have one root cause “this model of accountability demands that we identify an individual to own the relevant follow-up incident work. And so it creates an incentive to always identify a root cause service, which is… Read More »The problems that accountability can’t fix
Did you know, that missing AC is killing more people in Europe than guns in the US? “With this rise in temperature — and the aging of the European population — has come a rise in preventable death. Estimates of… Read More »Europe’s crusade against air conditioning is insane
I do not know how, but this guy makes even most uninteresting stuff interesting
How to arrest presidents and prime ministers
Being a Green Barent isn’t what you think it is
Is US about to collapse like Prussia did? “The Prussian army collapsed not for lack of courage, but because its institutional mindset could not withstand the volatility of an age that demanded adaptability, political intelligence, and creative command.” https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/p/america-as-prussia-in-1806
Very interesting if confirmed “Multiple large, high-quality randomized studies are finding that guaranteed income transfers do not appear to produce sustained improvements in mental health, stress levels, physical health, child development outcomes or employment. Treated participants do work a little… Read More »Giving people money helped less than I thought it would