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Where's the "Intelligence Explosion"?(noahpinion.blog)

27 points by anon373839 27 days ago | 8 comments

A Noahpinion guest essay by Ramez Naam offering a skeptical take on recursive self-improvement and the idea of an AI intelligence explosion.

The death of San Francisco's Market Street(noahpinion.blog)

31 points by A_D_E_P_T 1 month ago | 32 comments

Providers, not insurers, are responsible for excess U.S. health care cost (2024)(noahpinion.blog)

38 points by paulpauper 4 months ago | 35 comments

The giant basket case countries(noahpinion.blog)

21 points by paulpauper 11 months ago | 13 comments

The Richest Third-World Country(noahpinion.blog)

10 points by KnuthIsGod 1 year ago | 0 comments

America's future could hinge on whether AI slightly disappoints(noahpinion.blog)

199 points by jxmorris12 1 year ago | 261 comments

Europe's crusade against air conditioning is insane(noahpinion.blog)

5 points by paulpauper 1 year ago | 4 comments

So why *did* U.S. wages stagnate for 20 years?(noahpinion.blog)

38 points by paulpauper 1 year ago | 23 comments

Globalization did not hollow out the American middle class(noahpinion.blog)

21 points by alihm 1 year ago | 4 comments

Why do econ journalists keep making this basic mistake?(noahpinion.blog)

11 points by paulpauper 1 year ago | 2 comments

What is there left to believe in?(noahpinion.blog)

13 points by paulpauper 1 year ago | 1 comments

Good cities can't exist without public order(noahpinion.blog)

22 points by paulpauper 1 year ago | 4 comments

"Paycheck-to-paycheck" and five other popular myths(noahpinion.blog)

4 points by ksec 1 year ago | 0 comments

America's supply chains are a disaster waiting to happen(noahpinion.blog)

8 points by paulpauper 2 years ago | 1 comments

Six Ideas for Poland(noahpinion.blog)

11 points by paulpauper 2 years ago | 5 comments

The U.S. needs to pay more attention to electronic warfare(noahpinion.blog)

66 points by paulpauper 2 years ago | 40 comments

Unrealized gains taxes are a pointless hassle. Much better ways to tax the rich(noahpinion.blog)

21 points by NavinF 2 years ago | 36 comments

Harris has the right idea on housing(noahpinion.blog)

5 points by paulpauper 2 years ago | 0 comments

Why America fell behind in drones, and how to catch up agaon(noahpinion.blog)

7 points by jseliger 2 years ago | 1 comments

Why did the U.S. miss the battery revolution?(noahpinion.blog)

7 points by paulpauper 2 years ago | 1 comments

LLMs will not automate work(noahpinion.blog)

3 points by prithvi24 2 years ago | 0 comments

Yes, we still have to work(noahpinion.blog)

4 points by stephenflanders 2 years ago | 0 comments

Europe's fate is in Germany's hands now(noahpinion.blog)

3 points by reducesuffering 2 years ago | 0 comments

There's not that much wealth in the world(noahpinion.blog)

26 points by paulpauper 2 years ago | 29 comments

Electricity is replacing combustion for mastery over the physical world(noahpinion.blog)

5 points by Lisdexamfeta 2 years ago | 1 comments

Decade of the Battery(noahpinion.blog)

115 points by paulpauper 2 years ago | 100 comments

Liberal democracy might lose the 21st century(noahpinion.blog)

13 points by paulpauper 2 years ago | 3 comments

Why is China producing so many export goods, anyway?(noahpinion.blog)

9 points by paulpauper 2 years ago | 4 comments

Plentiful, high-paying jobs in the age of AI(noahpinion.blog)

36 points by bilsbie 2 years ago | 16 comments

Problems in Gemini's Approach to Diversity(noahpinion.blog)

33 points by turadg 2 years ago | 11 comments

The Dark Forest hypothesis is absurd(noahpinion.blog)

30 points by paulpauper 2 years ago | 39 comments

Blue States Don't Build(noahpinion.blog)

5 points by jseliger 2 years ago | 0 comments

People are realizing that the Arsenal of Democracy is gone(noahpinion.blog)

14 points by passwordoops 2 years ago | 3 comments

The U.S. economy shrugged off the tech bust(noahpinion.blog)

16 points by colonCapitalDee 3 years ago | 33 comments

How China's “debt traps” work(noahpinion.blog)

110 points by paulpauper 3 years ago | 84 comments

Solar and batteries are going to win, and our thinking needs to adjust(noahpinion.blog)

57 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 58 comments

The global trading system is starting to rearrange itself(noahpinion.blog)

134 points by jszymborski 3 years ago | 160 comments

America’s top environmental groups have lost the plot on climate change(noahpinion.blog)

53 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 37 comments

Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity(noahpinion.blog)

526 points by bankershill 3 years ago | 485 comments

Noah Smith's Noahpinion essay arguing that eliminating or delaying advanced math instruction in public schools will not improve educational equity.

Tokyo Is the New Paris(noahpinion.blog)

41 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 19 comments

California needs real math education, not gimmicks(noahpinion.blog)

209 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 219 comments

Who cares about the Ivy League?(noahpinion.blog)

49 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 73 comments

Nonprofits are sapping the progressive project(noahpinion.blog)

25 points by paulpauper 3 years ago | 11 comments

Someone Has to Run the Fabs(noahpinion.blog)

63 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 51 comments