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The Price of Intelligence Is Falling Rapidly(marginalrevolution.com)

59 points by gotmedium 1 month ago | 50 comments

Marginal Revolution blog post by Alex Tabarrok highlighting an Epoch AI report finding the cost of a given level of AI performance falls about 13-fold per year.

The Trump administration's Threat to Scientific Research(marginalrevolution.com)

47 points by surprisetalk 3 months ago | 5 comments

A Beautiful Theory Falls to Ugly Data(marginalrevolution.com)

67 points by paulpauper 3 months ago | 44 comments

I Regret to Inform You That the FDA Is FDAing Again(marginalrevolution.com)

25 points by asplake 8 months ago | 5 comments

Why is Singapore no longer "cool"?(marginalrevolution.com)

60 points by paulpauper 8 months ago | 100 comments

Autism hasn't increased(marginalrevolution.com)

26 points by paulpauper 9 months ago | 10 comments

The Peter Principle and exploiting overconfident workers(marginalrevolution.com)

10 points by paulpauper 1 year ago | 0 comments

The Simple Mathematics of Chinese Innovation(marginalrevolution.com)

22 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 18 comments

Restrictions on house sharing by unrelated roommates(marginalrevolution.com)

278 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 331 comments

Why is choral music harder to appreciate?(marginalrevolution.com)

26 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 31 comments

Time Theft at the Terminal(marginalrevolution.com)

9 points by paulpauper 1 year ago | 4 comments

The Rising Cost of Child and Pet Day Care(marginalrevolution.com)

21 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 27 comments

AI Goes to College for the Free Money(marginalrevolution.com)

28 points by oatsandsugar 1 year ago | 5 comments

Why Do Domestic Prices Rise with Tarriffs?(marginalrevolution.com)

66 points by paulpauper 1 year ago | 65 comments

The political economy of Manus AI(marginalrevolution.com)

23 points by A_D_E_P_T 1 year ago | 15 comments

Is Christmas Efficient? (2013)(marginalrevolution.com)

42 points by arcdefoo 1 year ago | 20 comments

Jake Seliger has died(marginalrevolution.com)

908 points by A_D_E_P_T 2 years ago | 189 comments

Alex Tabarrok's Marginal Revolution post remembering writer Jake Seliger after his death from cancer, noting his advocacy for faster drug development.

Why don't they compose music like Bach any more?(marginalrevolution.com)

39 points by surprisetalk 2 years ago | 38 comments

Cultivating minds: The psychological consequences of rice versus wheat farming(marginalrevolution.com)

122 points by impish9208 2 years ago | 61 comments

How I listen to music(marginalrevolution.com)

47 points by surprisetalk 2 years ago | 23 comments

No One's Name Was Changed at Ellis Island(marginalrevolution.com)

10 points by impish9208 2 years ago | 9 comments

Get Out of Jail Cards, 2(marginalrevolution.com)

81 points by impish9208 2 years ago | 46 comments

My history of economic thought reading list(marginalrevolution.com)

12 points by ipnon 2 years ago | 6 comments

Is Bach the greatest achiever of all time?(marginalrevolution.com)

81 points by surprisetalk 2 years ago | 89 comments

Why do poor people commit more crime?(marginalrevolution.com)

9 points by cubefox 2 years ago | 21 comments

One Reason Why American Health Care Is Expensive(marginalrevolution.com)

6 points by impish9208 2 years ago | 2 comments

Who is responsible for grade inflation at Yale?(marginalrevolution.com)

33 points by progne 2 years ago | 31 comments

Classical liberals are increasingly religious(marginalrevolution.com)

4 points by paulpauper 2 years ago | 0 comments

AI Worship(marginalrevolution.com)

9 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 16 comments

Why I do not use psychedelics(marginalrevolution.com)

24 points by surprisetalk 3 years ago | 39 comments

A Student-Loan Payment Pause Led Borrowers to Take on More Debt(marginalrevolution.com)

25 points by mennaali 3 years ago | 45 comments