Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda slams AI for recreating her father’s voice(english.elpais.com)

16 points by c420 3 years ago | 10 comments

'Dumbphones' make a comeback: 'No one calls me anymore'(english.elpais.com)

27 points by belter 3 years ago | 25 comments

Lisbon, a city dying from its own success(english.elpais.com)

21 points by spaniard89277 2 years ago | 26 comments

Yanis Varoufakis: 'Capitalism is dead. The new order is a techno-feudal economy'(english.elpais.com)

3 points by PaulHoule 3 years ago | 0 comments

Two years of Bitcoin in Bukele’s El Salvador(english.elpais.com)

19 points by belter 3 years ago | 3 comments

BYD challenges Tesla with more than 300k electric cars sold in a month(english.elpais.com)

29 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 16 comments

Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals(ft.com)

447 points by kvee 1 year ago | 2007 comments

Financial Times article examining why the US economy is outperforming other major economies, shown behind a subscription paywall.

Loyal workers are selectively and ironically targeted for exploitation(sciencedirect.com)

341 points by ck45 3 years ago | 219 comments

Abstract page for a Journal of Experimental Social Psychology paper finding that loyal workers are selectively targeted for exploitation by managers.

How elites could shape mass preferences as AI reduces persuasion costs(arxiv.org)

662 points by 50kIters 10 months ago | 619 comments

arXiv economics paper modeling how elites could use cheap AI-driven persuasion to reshape public preferences, tending to push society toward polarization.

Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop(resobscura.substack.com)

463 points by benbreen 3 months ago | 222 comments

Benjamin Breen's Res Obscura essay arguing quality non-fiction books counter AI slop, introducing a vibe-coded tool indexing prize-winning books.

EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear(environment.ec.europa.eu)

1138 points by giuliomagnifico 8 months ago | 747 comments

European Commission news article announcing Delegated and Implementing Acts under new EU rules banning the destruction of unsold clothes and shoes.

There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy(experimental-history.com)

59 points by luu 1 month ago | 31 comments

An Experimental History Substack essay by Adam Mastroianni arguing there is no loneliness epidemic but there is an epidemic of scurvy.