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📜 The project of software is complete
The project of software is complete. Not decelerating, not maturing, not entering some new and humbler phase, but complete. Complete in the way that the map of the Earth is complete, which is to say complete in the sense that the great bl...
📜 Incentives are for losers
We can all agree: the incentives are bad. Everywhere you look, people are being rewarded for doing the wrong thing. This has become the go-to diagnosis for every problem, from climate change to political polarization to scientific malfeas...
📜 I'm begging you: never write with AI
This column isn’t so much an argument as it is a plea: Don’t use artificial intelligence to help you write. Never let A.I. do your writing for you.
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The problem with writing with A.I. is that it’s mentally enfeeblin...
📜 Why isn't the whole world rich?
The hunt for the fundamental whys of rapid economic growth arguably defines the study of economics. Adam Smith was concerned with exactly this question in The Wealth of Nations. While that hunt has always been near the core of the discipl...
📜 What advice do I give to my students?
Many undergraduate students ask me whether they should go to med school or grad school. Here’s one way to start thinking about it. What do you want to be the time horizon for the rewards of your work? Do you want to see specific people re...
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