Technology
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Fixing Patent Eligibility Is an Easy Win for Innovation
Restrictive patent eligibility has pushed investment in key technologies overseas, weakening one of America’s historic competitive advantages. Congress can still reverse course.
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Should Smartphones be Banned in Schools? A Look at the Research
Students react poorly at first but show improvement over time. Unfortunately, government schools are tricky places to run experiments.
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Too Connected to Fail: Washington’s New Tech Oligarchy
From Intel to Dell, federal policy has helped create a tightly interdependent system where government power and private firms reinforce one another through subsidies, contracts, and political access.
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World’s First Net-Worth Trillionaire Shows Us How Markets Price the Future
Behind the headline figure lies a deeper economic story: financial markets assigning enormous value to long-duration, high-risk technological bets.
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The Razor’s Edge of Progress: How King Gillette Built an Abundance Revolution
With a pioneering slice of steel, the inventor demonstrated how know-how can redeem our scarcest resource: time.
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AI Enters the Courtroom: How Chatbots Are Reshaping Litigation
AI enables Americans to navigate the legal system without attorneys, operationalizing the right to self-representation and expanding access to justice on an unprecedented scale. Can courts cope?
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How Not to Measure AI Productivity
Organizations often mistake measurable activity for meaningful achievement. AI productivity metrics confuse computation costs with added value.
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Church Report to FISA: Why Won’t Congress Stop the Surveillance State?
The Church Committee exposed sweeping abuses by America’s intelligence agencies 50 years ago. Section 702’s recent reauthorization suggests lawmakers are increasingly comfortable with expansive spying on American citizens.
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No, AI Won’t Make Money Obsolete
Even in a world of radical abundance, scarcity, tradeoffs, and uncertainty persist — and with them, the essential role of prices.
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Apple’s New CEO Has a Major Opportunity to Ditch Politics
Companies whose products and ideas change the world for the better don’t need to chase activists’ applause.
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Fixing Patent Eligibility Is an Easy Win for Innovation
Restrictive patent eligibility has pushed investment in key technologies overseas, weakening one of America’s historic competitive advantages. Congress can still reverse course.
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Should Smartphones be Banned in Schools? A Look at the Research
Students react poorly at first but show improvement over time. Unfortunately, government schools are tricky places to run experiments.
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Too Connected to Fail: Washington’s New Tech Oligarchy
From Intel to Dell, federal policy has helped create a tightly interdependent system where government power and private firms reinforce one another through subsidies, contracts, and political access.
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World’s First Net-Worth Trillionaire Shows Us How Markets Price the Future
Behind the headline figure lies a deeper economic story: financial markets assigning enormous value to long-duration, high-risk technological bets.
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The Razor’s Edge of Progress: How King Gillette Built an Abundance Revolution
With a pioneering slice of steel, the inventor demonstrated how know-how can redeem our scarcest resource: time.
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AI Enters the Courtroom: How Chatbots Are Reshaping Litigation
AI enables Americans to navigate the legal system without attorneys, operationalizing the right to self-representation and expanding access to justice on an unprecedented scale. Can courts cope?
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How Not to Measure AI Productivity
Organizations often mistake measurable activity for meaningful achievement. AI productivity metrics confuse computation costs with added value.
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Church Report to FISA: Why Won’t Congress Stop the Surveillance State?
The Church Committee exposed sweeping abuses by America’s intelligence agencies 50 years ago. Section 702’s recent reauthorization suggests lawmakers are increasingly comfortable with expansive spying on American citizens.
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No, AI Won’t Make Money Obsolete
Even in a world of radical abundance, scarcity, tradeoffs, and uncertainty persist — and with them, the essential role of prices.
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Apple’s New CEO Has a Major Opportunity to Ditch Politics
Companies whose products and ideas change the world for the better don’t need to chase activists’ applause.