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Links: South Korea’s fertility rate edges up
Plus: Hegseth threatens Anthropic over military use of AI, the gender gap in attitudes to tech may be overstated, and more
5 hrs ago
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Stefan Schubert
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Why we shouldn’t fight automation
Plus: the poverty decline isn’t just about China, the plummeting wages of British degree holders, and more
Feb 24
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Stefan Schubert
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The long decline of night work
Plus: cheaper housing could slow population drops, Europe’s east–west political split, and more
Feb 23
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Stefan Schubert
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What gymnastics tells us about human progress
Plus: US redistribution is surprisingly large, the crime shift from theft to fraud, and more
Feb 19
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Stefan Schubert
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AI just isn’t good enough to do your job
Plus: forecasting the First World War, the precipitous fall in international adoptions, and more
Feb 17
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Stefan Schubert
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London housebuilding lowest in the rich world
Plus: weight loss drugs reduce sugar prices, Latin America is getting less religious, and more
Feb 16
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Stefan Schubert
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Links: Anthropic grows revenue tenfold for third year in a row
Plus: Chinese carbon emissions fall slightly, high blood pressure may soon be treated twice a year, and more
Feb 13
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Stefan Schubert
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Why are so many English speakers dying early?
Plus: Europe is moving west, when convenience beats automation, and more
Feb 12
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Stefan Schubert
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Why we should think more like economists
Plus: British income inequality at 40-year low, why it’s good news that more people are dying of cancer, and more
Feb 10
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Stefan Schubert
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It is better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong about the future of AI
Plus: Europeans are souring on the US, rising social spending, and more
Feb 9
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Stefan Schubert
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Trump won’t crush the European right
Plus: the fragility of life in pre-industrial society, Americans aren’t spending it all on DoorDash, and more
Feb 5
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Stefan Schubert
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American EV sales are at their lowest since 2022
Plus: more economists in government, right-wing censorship of American students, and more
Feb 3
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Stefan Schubert
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