Longform links: superintelligence rhetoric
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Books
- A review of “The Land Trap: A New History of the World’s Oldest Asset” by Mike Bird. (progressandpoverty.substack.com)
- An excerpt from Lawrence Yeo’s book “The Inner Compass.” (moretothat.com)
Crypto
- The Trump administration has unleashed crypto. Risks abound. (nytimes.com)
- Remember the $TRUMP and $MELANIA memecoins? (bloomberg.com)
- Crypto casinos operate around the globe with little oversight or regulation. (nytimes.com)
Private equity
- Wall Street wants to expand access to private companies. Private companies are skeptical. (wsj.com)
- Private equity has come for volunteer fire department software providers. (nytimes.com)
Companies
- How ASML ($ASML) is benefiting from the AI chip boom. (bloomberg.com)
- The story of upstart running shoe maker On Holding ($ONON). (quartr.com)
- Crumbl is no longer invincible. (bloomberg.com)
Economy
- Why the economic vibes are bad. (thezvi.substack.com)
- An explanation of the U.S. trade regime. (thechoiceengine.substack.com)
- Five factors that broke capitalism. (bloomberg.com)
Policy
- Whether by choice, or necessity, scientists are leaving the U.S. (statnews.com)
- On the logic behind the American deportation machine. (newrepublic.com)
Longreads
- Midwest towns are pushing back against giant data centers. (indystar.com)
- Wealthy Chinese are hiring surrogates in the U.S. to build giant families. (wsj.com)
- What it’s like to be a part of the sandwich generation, taking care of children and parents. (theguardian.com)
- The story of Ukraine’s ‘Operation Spiderweb’ attack on Russia earlier this year. (wsj.com)
- What happens when you age of out of giving a f*ck. (blog.lifebranches.com)
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