Technology
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Apple’s Child-Safety Pivot Shows Shareholder Engagement Beats Divestment
Two years of behind-the-scenes conversations with investors culminated in new content filtering for minors. The economic and ethical implications reveal where tech governance is headed next.
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The Second Information Revolution: How AI Makes Liberal Societies Both Stronger and Weaker
Large language models have sparked historic shifts in the economics of knowledge, upsetting the balance between accessibility, privacy, and power.
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Washington’s Wall Street Algorithm: How the SEC Designed the Modern Market
America’s stock markets are hailed as paragons of free enterprise. In reality, their structure is a bureaucratic creation — engineered in Washington through Regulation NMS.
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Digital ID and the Return of Big Brother Britain
Britain’s political class keeps forgetting its own lessons on liberty. A new digital ID scheme risks undoing a century of trust between the public and the state.
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Semiconductor Giants with Tech-Industrial Ambitions
With CHIPS Act subsidies, acquisitions, and now federal ownership shares in Intel, semiconductor makers are accruing a lot of political power. That won’t be good news for technical innovation.
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Health on the Shelf: How Markets Made Life-Saving Inhalers Accessible
Individuals create lifesaving technologies. But it’s commercial markets that ensure innovation is within reach when you need relief.
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Spontaneous Order Created Stablecoins — How Did Regulating Them Become a Strategic Consensus?
Installing a programmable, always-on dollar in decentralized networks, stablecoins extend US monetary power into domains where central banks have never operated.
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Europe’s Precautionary Principle Is Killing the Next Big Thing
Entrepreneurs can’t reach for the future of innovation if they face the near-impossible burden of proving zero risk.
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Trump’s AI Plan Aims High, But Leaves a Gaping Hole
The President’s order curbs federal overreach, yet its silence on state regulation risks chaos and stagnation.
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China’s AI Hype Echoes Mao’s ‘Satellite’ Era
China has no shortage of technical talent. But AI isn’t just about technical skill — it’s about curiosity, questioning assumptions, and challenging authority.
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Apple’s Child-Safety Pivot Shows Shareholder Engagement Beats Divestment
Two years of behind-the-scenes conversations with investors culminated in new content filtering for minors. The economic and ethical implications reveal where tech governance is headed next.
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The Second Information Revolution: How AI Makes Liberal Societies Both Stronger and Weaker
Large language models have sparked historic shifts in the economics of knowledge, upsetting the balance between accessibility, privacy, and power.
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Washington’s Wall Street Algorithm: How the SEC Designed the Modern Market
America’s stock markets are hailed as paragons of free enterprise. In reality, their structure is a bureaucratic creation — engineered in Washington through Regulation NMS.
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Digital ID and the Return of Big Brother Britain
Britain’s political class keeps forgetting its own lessons on liberty. A new digital ID scheme risks undoing a century of trust between the public and the state.
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Semiconductor Giants with Tech-Industrial Ambitions
With CHIPS Act subsidies, acquisitions, and now federal ownership shares in Intel, semiconductor makers are accruing a lot of political power. That won’t be good news for technical innovation.
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Health on the Shelf: How Markets Made Life-Saving Inhalers Accessible
Individuals create lifesaving technologies. But it’s commercial markets that ensure innovation is within reach when you need relief.
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Spontaneous Order Created Stablecoins — How Did Regulating Them Become a Strategic Consensus?
Installing a programmable, always-on dollar in decentralized networks, stablecoins extend US monetary power into domains where central banks have never operated.
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•
Europe’s Precautionary Principle Is Killing the Next Big Thing
Entrepreneurs can’t reach for the future of innovation if they face the near-impossible burden of proving zero risk.
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Trump’s AI Plan Aims High, But Leaves a Gaping Hole
The President’s order curbs federal overreach, yet its silence on state regulation risks chaos and stagnation.
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China’s AI Hype Echoes Mao’s ‘Satellite’ Era
China has no shortage of technical talent. But AI isn’t just about technical skill — it’s about curiosity, questioning assumptions, and challenging authority.