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Power: A Primer for Perplexed Economists
Let's Assume an Unfettered Marketplace of Ideas! Or Actually, Let's Not.
Mar 21
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Henry Farrell
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Rabbit-holes, zombies and platform pathologies
Engagement maximizing algorithms are less consequential than you might think.
Mar 18
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Henry Farrell
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February 2024
Dr. Pangloss's Panopticon
Economists have a blind spot about progress and technology
Feb 26
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Henry Farrell
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The Map is Eating the Territory: The Political Economy of AI
It's all driven by who gets what
Feb 12
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Henry Farrell
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Why this is not a paid newsletter
I’m in the throes of writing a post on the political economy of AI - it’s not going to be ready this week, and it will be a bit of a beast. I’m guessing…
Feb 7
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Henry Farrell
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Elon Musk and the power of the bro-code
How doing bad things together creates bonds of trust
Feb 4
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Henry Farrell
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January 2024
Kevin Roose's Shoggoth
Why it's deceptively easy to treat Large Language Models as intelligent agents
Jan 25
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Henry Farrell
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If post-neoliberalism is in trouble, we're all in trouble
Markets can't do the job and our politics aren't fit for purpose
Jan 16
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Henry Farrell
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ChatGPT is an engine of cultural transmission
LLMs and Gopnikism
Jan 11
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Henry Farrell
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ChatGPT is an engine of cultural transmission
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The political economy of Blurry JPEGs
What LLMs can do. And what they can't.
Jan 4
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Henry Farrell
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December 2023
In praise of negativity
On average, we're better at criticizing others than thinking originally ourselves
Dec 27, 2023
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Henry Farrell
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In praise of negativity
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Why Jonathan Chait says outrageous things
The political economy of ChaitGPT
Dec 20, 2023
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Henry Farrell
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