Deepfakes: Coming soon to a company near you
Deepfakes as credit risks It’s not just cybersecurity experts who are warning about the business risk from deepfakes. In May, credit rating agency Moody’s issued […]
Month: June 2024
Biofuels Production Found to be a Significant Source of Hazardous Air Pollution
Written by Dana Drugmand. First published in New Lede Hazardous air pollutants released from biofuel production are almost as bad as air pollution from oil […]
What is Tor Browser? Online identity protection software
Doesn’t Tor allow hackers to do bad things? Tor’s mission is to advance human rights through free and open source technology, empowering users to protect […]
How to think about UAPs
I have a new Bloomberg column on that topic, I can emphasize: When I think about all this, I try to separate two questions. First, […]
Does art develop like science?
A few years ago, I answered the question in the title of this post in the negative: It seems to me that human development […]
Should We Re-Examine Adam Smith’s Views on Animals?
Adam Smith’s most famous passage An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Is this: It is not from the goodness […]
Senator Theoden* on the ZeroHedge Debate at X Spaces
Great acting by Neville Chamberlain. Source: Aaronson (2024). You don’t have a transcript, but here are excerpts from Senator Theoden’s website. * The Théoden Reference […]
News Impact Illustrated: Jobs, CPI, PPI Release
Following the release of the PPI (discussed and other key measures) discussed here, how did the markets react, in terms of Fed funds futures, the […]
What is Newsworthy? Theory and evidence
We learn the importance of stories through theory and practice. We focus on cases where a news outlet observes the realization of a global situation […]
Thursday various links
1. Is crossing boundaries really high? Maybe not. 2. More details on who’s paying OpenAi and Apple (Bloomberg). Not everything in the article is clear […]