Silicon Valley

Elon Musk and Woke Capital are in a Battle for the Future of America

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In 16th century Japan, the Daimyo feudal lords, like their Medieval European counterparts, battled to secure control of the realm.  read more »

Kamala Harris Runs for President as Businesses Flee Her State

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Good vibrations aren’t a policy platform. While Kamala Harris is campaigning on a promise to create an “opportunity economy,” employers are fleeing her home state of California.  read more »

How AI Will Embolden the Tyranny of Big Tech

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The emergence of artificial intelligence marks the latest acceleration of the digital age.  read more »

A Concerning AI Experience

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has significant potential and I have been pleased to use it frequently, over the past year or so since it first became generally available.  read more »

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Trump is Dividing America's Oligarchs

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The shot heard around the world may have been aimed at Donald Trump’s head, but it could also put extra cash in his pocket. In the aftermath of last weekend’s assassination attempt, two prominent billionaires – Elon Musk and investor Bill Ackman – announced their support for the former president.  read more »

Surveillance and Society: Building Trust in an Era of AI-Powered Monitoring

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The recent advance of artificial intelligence represents a paradigm shift in the way the world works. Once unwieldy data sets can now be properly analyzed in the blink of an eye  read more »

How to Remain the Innovation Nation

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The United States’ preeminence in science and technology has long played an underappreciated but vital role in ensuring U.S. economic and geopolitical leadership.  read more »

North America Dominates Deep Tech, But WIll It Last?

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During the 20th century global prosperity was focused to where technological development was happening, and this has also been the pattern for the initial decades of the 21st century.  read more »

Ending the Phone Based Childhood

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NYU professor Jonathan Haidt has a new book out called The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.  read more »