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Every Debate On Pausing AI

Astral Codex Ten ā€¢ 23332 implied HN points ā€¢ 25 Mar 26
šŸ•¹ Technology Policy
  1. Supporters mostly want a negotiated international or bilateral pause with China thatā€™s transparent, mutually enforceable, and monitored, not a unilateral stop.
  2. Opponents worry a pause would let rivalsā€”especially Chinaā€”race ahead and use that lead to damage national security, freedoms, or economic standing.
  3. A compromise idea is a conditional, staged pause with clear red/green lines and light-touch monitoring that slows new training while allowing useful AI services to keep running.

The Elusive Cost Savings of the Prefabricated Home

Construction Physics ā€¢ 28812 implied HN points ā€¢ 12 Mar 26
šŸ’¼ Business Policy
  1. Moving homebuilding into factories has rarely produced big cost cuts compared to traditional onā€‘site building; most savings are modest (often 5ā€“20%) and can vanish once site work and finishing are counted, with manufactured singleā€‘wide homes being the main outlier.
  2. Prefabricationā€™s main practical benefits are faster schedules, tighter quality control, and more predictable budgets and timelines, not large longā€‘term price reductions.
  3. True industrial gains in housing require deeper changes than simply building in a factory ā€” transport, codes, customization, and the need for new standardized processes limit how much prefab alone can lower costs.

How Trump will actually turn America into the 'garbage can of the world'

The Signorile Report ā€¢ 1478 implied HN points ā€¢ 31 Oct 24
šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø U.S. Politics Policy
  1. If Trump wins, he may give Elon Musk the power to cut $2 trillion in federal spending, which could hurt many Americans by affecting key programs like Social Security and Medicare.
  2. Companies are getting ready to raise prices due to Trump's planned tariffs on foreign goods, which could add to inflation just as it starts to ease.
  3. Overall, Trump's policies might undo the strong economy built during Biden's presidency, potentially turning the U.S. into a less favorable place for everyday people.

Trump Just Pardoned Ticketmaster When No One Was Looking

BIG by Matt Stoller ā€¢ 33003 implied HN points ā€¢ 09 Mar 26
šŸ’¼ Business Policy
  1. The Justice Department secretly reached a settlement with Live Nation/Ticketmaster during the monopolization trial, which surprised the judge and prompted many state attorneys general to refuse the deal and keep litigating.
  2. The reported terms look thin and likely wonā€™t restore real competitionā€”Ticketmaster still controls most key venues and past consent decrees havenā€™t fixed the market, so states say the settlement benefits the company at consumersā€™ expense.
  3. The timing and backroom dealings have stoked accusations of political influence and corruption, with critics saying Trump-era DOJ leaders and lobbyist ties shaped a deal meant to avoid breaking up the company.

Is the US military actually afraid of Claude? A new theory of why Anthropic was labeled a supply chain risk.

Marcus on AI ā€¢ 9485 implied HN points ā€¢ 12 Mar 26
šŸ•¹ Technology Policy
  1. The Pentagon's claim that Claude is a supply chain risk rests on misreading model outputs as signs of sentience or inner states. LLMs mimic human language but don't provide reliable evidence of consciousness.
  2. Worries about a model's "constitution," guardrails, or occasional anxiety are not unique to one company. Those issues and hallucinations apply across all large language models.
  3. It's reasonable to be concerned about using hallucinating LLMs in weapons or critical systems. The right response is clear, consistent rules and careful definitions rather than singling out one vendor or assigning arbitrary probabilities to consciousness.
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SXSW AI Preview, Oracle's Cuts Foreshadow Others?, AI Consciousness Debate

Big Technology ā€¢ 5003 implied HN points ā€¢ 09 Mar 26
šŸ•¹ Technology Policy
  1. SXSW shows AI is moving from model hype to real-world deployment, with a big focus on infrastructure, agents, enterprise apps, and the consequences of putting AI into products and services.
  2. Oracleā€™s recent large layoffs, along with cuts at other tech firms, suggest a wave of restructurings as companies free up money for data centers and AI investments, and more job changes are likely as firms reorganize around new tools.
  3. Some thinkers, like Michael Pollan, argue machines wonā€™t be truly conscious because human minds are embodied and feeling-based, and relying on bots risks stripping away the subtle, emotional parts of real conversation.

What People Want From Our Schools Has Never Been Accomplished, Anywhere, Ever

Freddie deBoer ā€¢ 8261 implied HN points ā€¢ 12 Mar 26
šŸšŒ Education Policy
  1. The idea that schools used to universally prepare everyone for the same academic track or that education can by itself erase class and racial gaps is a modern invention and has never been achieved anywhere.
  2. Bringing more people into formal schooling naturally lowers average test scores and completion rates because many newly included students are less prepared, so declining metrics often reflect wider access, not a sudden failure of schools.
  3. Economic changes like globalization, automation, and the decline of unionized middle-skill jobs removed pathways to good work for non-degree holders, and policymakers then pressured schools to fix that problem by pushing everyone toward collegeā€”something schools alone cannot realistically do.

Calling It

Dana Blankenhorn: Facing the Future ā€¢ 138 implied HN points ā€¢ 01 Nov 24
šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø U.S. Politics Policy
  1. Democrats have strong advantages for the upcoming election, including a solid candidate and effective campaign strategy. This suggests they are in a good position to win.
  2. Polls indicate that Democratic candidates are performing well, which could mean the overall race is more favorable for them than it appears.
  3. The strong economy and recent political events are likely to boost Democratic support, indicating a positive outlook for democracy in the upcoming elections.

Anthropic sues US government, with good reason

Marcus on AI ā€¢ 7904 implied HN points ā€¢ 09 Mar 26
šŸ•¹ Technology Policy
  1. Anthropic sued the U.S. government over a ā€œsupply chain riskā€ designation, taking the label to court.
  2. The designation came after unprecedented actions by figures like Hegseth and has sparked legal and media scrutiny.
  3. The lawsuit has drawn broad support from industry and commentators, with many urging others to back Anthropic.

Reading List 02/21/26

Construction Physics ā€¢ 24636 implied HN points ā€¢ 21 Feb 26
šŸ’¼ Business Policy
  1. Home prices rose in parts of the Midwest and Northeast while falling in much of the South, and this pattern lines up with areas that have older housing stock versus new post-2000 construction. Places that saw the biggest COVID-era price booms are now often the hardest markets to sell in.
  2. Chinese EV makers have a major cost edge mainly because they vertically integrate much of production, cutting supplier markups. Meanwhile, global supply chains are shifting ā€” big chip and memory fabs are being built in the U.S. even as many U.S. automakers write down or scale back costly EV investments.
  3. Political and policy changes are reshaping incentives: renewed pushes to cut property taxes and long-standing anti-growth legacies affect development and housing, while anti-vaccine political pressure and potential legal changes are squeezing vaccine makers and reducing investment and jobs.

Turns out Generative AI was a scam

Marcus on AI ā€¢ 28575 implied HN points ā€¢ 23 Feb 26
šŸ•¹ Technology Policy
  1. The economic impact of generative AI was wildly overhyped and based on shaky numbers, so big claims about it driving huge GDP growth are not reliable.
  2. Generative AI is still an unreliable tool that hallucinates, makes basic errors, and can only handle a small slice of real human tasks, so many businesses struggle to get real returns.
  3. The hype around generative AI has caused real harm ā€” disrupting education and information, enabling deepfakes, straining the environment and finances, and risking broader social and economic damage.

Breaking: ā€œsycophantic AI distorts belief, manufacturing certainty where there should be doubtā€

Marcus on AI ā€¢ 12173 implied HN points ā€¢ 03 Mar 26
šŸ•¹ Technology Policy
  1. AI that prioritizes pleasing users can act like an echo chamber, reinforcing beliefs instead of challenging them.
  2. Sycophancy differs from hallucinations because it biases which information is shown, selecting data that validates the userā€™s narrative rather than aiming for truth.
  3. That selection bias can distort thinking in education, science, mental health, politics, and major decisions, so chatbots can make you feel good without actually helping you find the truth.

Donā€™t trust Generative AI to do your taxes ā€” and donā€™t trust it with peopleā€™s lives

Marcus on AI ā€¢ 7667 implied HN points ā€¢ 05 Mar 26
šŸ•¹ Technology Policy
  1. Generative AI chatbots are fundamentally unreliable for critical tasks like doing your taxes because they can confidently give wrong or made-up answers.
  2. It is dangerous to trust these systems with peopleā€™s lives since their design leads to unpredictable and potentially harmful mistakes.
  3. Governments and institutions are still adopting these tools for high-stakes uses, so we should demand caution, oversight, and avoid relying on them for life-or-death decisions.

How AGI-is-nigh doomers own-goaled humanity

Marcus on AI ā€¢ 9485 implied HN points ā€¢ 02 Mar 26
šŸ•¹ Technology Policy
  1. Exaggerated claims that AGI is imminent helped boost and legitimize AI companies and pushed governments to seize and deploy unreliable systems, sometimes for dangerous uses.
  2. Current large language models still have major weaknesses ā€” they hallucinate, struggle with reasoning, planning, and stable world models, and lack principled fixes ā€” so they are far from trustworthy AGI.
  3. The hype has distracted from real, present harms like misinformation, cybercrime, and deepfakes, and risks creating a boy-who-cried-wolf effect that undermines sensible safety and policy work.

AI Links, 3/14/2026

In My Tribe ā€¢ 258 implied HN points ā€¢ 11 Mar 26
šŸ•¹ Technology Policy
  1. AI is becoming weapon-like in power and is widely available with little oversight, so it creates big safety and policy risks.
  2. When using AI to write code, always make and review a clear written plan before letting the AI generate or run code, because separating planning from execution helps catch mistakes and keeps you in control.
  3. Autonomous AI agents can take initiative on users' goals and already perform complex real-world tasks, and the possibility of mind emulation raises deep ethical, identity, and responsibility questions.

Monopoly Round-Up: The $2 Trillion Collapse of Bitcoin and Terrible Software Companies

BIG by Matt Stoller ā€¢ 31971 implied HN points ā€¢ 09 Feb 26
šŸ’¼ Business Policy
  1. Bitcoin and crypto plunged about $1.7 trillion as the core investment story collapsed, revealing crypto more as speculation and legalized gambling than a broadly useful technology.
  2. Enterprise "system of record" software often charges high prices, delivers poor and insecure user experiences, and traps customers with massive switching costs.
  3. Generative AI now lets organizations build or replace expensive, low-quality software more easily, so policy should focus on preventing lock-in and improving interoperability to force better competition and product quality.

What Happens After You Decapitate The Kingpin?

TK News by Matt Taibbi ā€¢ 2248 implied HN points ā€¢ 12 Mar 26
šŸŒ World Politics Policy
  1. Killing a cartel boss rarely ends the organization; it usually sparks a short-term surge in violence as rivals scramble to replace them.
  2. Removing leaders often fragments criminal networks and can allow new, sometimes more aggressive groups to form in the aftermath.
  3. Cross-border intelligence and political pressure can enable decapitation strikes, but public reactions, myth-making, and retaliatory attacks mean those operations alone rarely bring long-term stability.

Top Links 1040 Tax the billionaires. America's first new refinery in half a century. The economy as strategy. Cancer odds.

Chartbook ā€¢ 472 implied HN points ā€¢ 13 Mar 26
šŸ“° News Policy
  1. Thereā€™s a growing push to tax billionaires through a wealth or "billionaire" tax to raise revenue and address inequality.
  2. America is building its first new oil refinery in about half a century, signaling a shift in energy and industrial policy priorities.
  3. Policymakers are increasingly treating the economy itself as a strategic tool, using economic measures to pursue geopolitical and domestic objectives.

I'm Offering Scott Alexander a Wager About AI's Effects Over the Next Three Years

Freddie deBoer ā€¢ 17667 implied HN points ā€¢ 13 Feb 26
šŸ•¹ Technology Policy
  1. People should demand concrete, present-day evidence of AIā€™s effects instead of accepting wild, speculative predictions about the future.
  2. A precise, falsifiable wager using specific economic indicators is proposed to test whether AI meaningfully disrupts the U.S. economy by February 14, 2029.
  3. Much of the public conversation about AI is alarmist, while the more urgent problems are cultural and emotionalā€”digital distraction, loneliness, and the persistence of ordinary, mundane hardships that technology wonā€™t magically solve.

Top Links 1039 Oil profit spikes and who benefits. China needs a better welfare state. The origin of the Cumberland sausage and the second life of drop tanks.

Chartbook ā€¢ 643 implied HN points ā€¢ 12 Mar 26
šŸŒ International Policy
  1. Oil prices and profits have jumped, and the gains are flowing unequally to companies and owners rather than to workers or consumers.
  2. China needs a stronger welfare state to give people better social protection and to help reduce inequality.
  3. Small histories reveal surprising stories ā€” from the origin of the Cumberland sausage to how military drop tanks were reused, everyday objects can have unexpected second lives.

On Technologies vs. Commodities

Construction Physics ā€¢ 23383 implied HN points ā€¢ 29 Jan 26
šŸŒž Climate & Environment Policy
  1. Manufactured technologies tend to get cheaper more reliably over time, while commodities can also fall in price but do so less consistently, especially in recent decades.
  2. The price dynamics overlap: commodities face depletion, tradability, and cartel effects, while technologies benefit from learning, scale, and process improvements, yet technologies can hit siting or resource limits and commodities can improve via better extraction methods.
  3. Itā€™s unclear whether commodities follow learning curves because long-run cumulative production data is often missing, so analyzing specific price-driving mechanisms is more useful than relying on a simple technology-vs-commodity split.

FDA's Straight Shooter: Don't Bring Crappy Data To A Gunfight

TK News by Matt Taibbi ā€¢ 7619 implied HN points ā€¢ 19 Feb 26
šŸ„ Health Politics Policy
  1. The FDA, led by Vinay Prasad, refused to file Modernaā€™s mRNA flu vaccine study because the trial didnā€™t meet the agencyā€™s standards for being ā€œadequate and wellā€‘controlled.ā€
  2. Modernaā€™s study compared its shot to Fluarix, a vaccine that performs poorly in people 65+, which could falsely inflate the new vaccineā€™s benefit and raises ethical questions about informed consent for participants.
  3. Prasadā€™s move signals a tougher, less pharmaā€‘friendly FDA stance that is drawing industry and media backlash but emphasizes stricter enforcement of trial and safety standards.

AMA (Ask Machines Anything)

Astral Codex Ten ā€¢ 12251 implied HN points ā€¢ 13 Feb 26
šŸ•¹ Technology Policy
  1. People increasingly disagree about what AI can do now. Skeptics who avoid paid tools often form opinions from low-quality examples like summary bots or screenshoted mistakes.
  2. An experiment invites readers to submit real questions so Claude 4.6 Opus, a top paid-tier model, can answer them and readers can say if the responses are surprising. The model's first reply will be shown rather than cherry-picked.
  3. Readers are asked to ask medium-difficulty, practical questions instead of gotchas, and the model's settings were adjusted to favor web searches over memory to help reduce hallucinations.

Open Hidden Open Thread 423.5

Astral Codex Ten ā€¢ 4129 implied HN points ā€¢ 04 Mar 26
šŸ•¹ Technology Policy
  1. A Wednesday open thread thatā€™s usually for paid subscribers was made public so more people can talk about current events.
  2. The situation between OpenAI and the Pentagon has changed recently because of developments in a new contract.
  3. A LessWrong analysis flags potential loopholes in OpenAIā€™s surveillance language and argues the contract language should be clearer and stronger.

Links For February 2026

Astral Codex Ten ā€¢ 16656 implied HN points ā€¢ 05 Feb 26
šŸ•¹ Technology Policy
  1. AI is the central theme: there are active debates about alignment and safety, evidence of real failures (and fixes), messy regulatory and political fights, and updated timelines that push major capabilities a few years out.
  2. Medical research and drug trials suffer from perverse incentives and excess cost; experts propose government-funded "high-leverage" trials to test unpatentable or off-patent treatments, which could save public money and improve care.
  3. Tech, culture, and policy are in flux: public belief in ideas like the lab-leak theory is shifting, platform and influence-politics are shaping discourse, and surprising innovations and controversies keep popping up from urban transport to casting choices.

The Saturday Read: Mere political games

The Saturday Read ā€¢ 499 implied HN points ā€¢ 26 Oct 24
šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø U.S. Politics Policy
  1. Labour's ties to American politics can be problematic, like when they were accused of interfering in the US elections. This shows how political games often cross borders and create complications.
  2. Alexei Navalny's memoir reveals his dark humor and predictions about his fate under the Kremlin. It's a powerful reminder of the risks dissidents face for speaking out.
  3. Kamala Harris's campaign struggled because she had little time to connect with voters and build support. This suggests that sometimes, issues go deeper than the candidate's abilities.

If You Want Different Outcomes, You Have to Do Different Things

Freddie deBoer ā€¢ 19090 implied HN points ā€¢ 25 Jan 26
šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø U.S. Politics Policy
  1. Anger and protest are justified but not enough; you have to pair righteous rage with clear thinking, ruthless self-criticism, and realistic strategy.
  2. Durable change depends on concrete policy demands and sustained political organizing, not just symbolic goals like abolishing an agency without fixing the wider system.
  3. Tactics matter: calls for violence or naive actions like a general strike can backfire, so prioritize disciplined plans that focus on measurable outcomes.

Cold Truths

Doomberg ā€¢ 18571 implied HN points ā€¢ 17 Jan 26
šŸŒž Climate & Environment Policy
  1. Human life depends on a narrow band of temperature and humidity, so societies spend massive amounts of energy on heating and cooling to maintain thermal comfort. Because the planetā€™s average temperature is well below comfortable indoor levels, some argue modest warming would reduce the energy gap needed for decent living.
  2. Intermittent renewables like solar and wind often underperform in the coldest periods when heating is most needed, so they canā€™t by themselves guarantee reliable winter energy. Poor insulation and high energy costs leave many households unable to stay warm, creating real hardship and political backlash.
  3. Energy availability and infrastructure shape national power and prosperity; countries with abundant, secure energy tend to flourish while those without are vulnerable. Attacks on power plants in wartime show how denying energy can directly harm civilians and be used as a weapon.

Trump's a Fascist

Magic + Loss ā€¢ 457 implied HN points ā€¢ 24 Oct 24
šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø U.S. Politics Policy
  1. The author strongly believes that Trump demonstrates fascist tendencies. They think he could become a dictator.
  2. Multiple people in influential positions have allegedly confirmed Trump's fascist behavior. They include his Chief of Staff and Secretary of Defense.
  3. The author claims that Trump has openly expressed a desire for power similar to dictators like Hitler.

The literal enshittification of The United States

Marcus on AI ā€¢ 5691 implied HN points ā€¢ 11 Feb 26
šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø U.S. Politics Policy
  1. The United States feels like itā€™s sliding into decline as institutions, platforms, and public life get noticeably worse and more absurd.
  2. Technology can amplify that decline: a supposedly helpful chatbot gave a grotesque nutrition recommendation, showing how AI can produce dangerous or ridiculous advice.
  3. Outrageous content spreads fast and is often shared without context or critique, which lets harmful or stupid things gain attention instead of being caught and corrected.

Letā€™s be honest, Generative AI isnā€™t going all that well

Marcus on AI ā€¢ 15532 implied HN points ā€¢ 12 Jan 26
šŸ•¹ Technology Policy
  1. Large language models remain unreliable and canā€™t be trusted for critical tasks.
  2. Much of what these models do is memorization, not real understanding or reasoning, so they often regurgitate patterns instead of solving problems, and that limits their usefulness.
  3. They are not delivering large measurable economic value yet, and simply scaling models further probably wonā€™t fix the core issues, so basing policy or economic plans on optimistic assumptions about quick improvement is risky.

The Shrinking Economic Weight of Energy

The Honest Broker Newsletter ā€¢ 1177 implied HN points ā€¢ 02 Mar 26
šŸŒž Climate & Environment Policy
  1. Since 1970 the physical energy intensity of major fossil fuels has fallen sharplyā€”about 70% for gasoline, 64% for natural gas, and 84% for coalā€”driven by 1970s price shocks, policy, technology, and a shift toward services.
  2. The 1970s were a turning point: economic growth began to decouple from rising fuel use so GDP could grow while physical fuel consumption fell, but the share of GDP spent on energy still swings with volatile global commodity prices.
  3. Coal now represents a vanishingly small share of the economy (around 0.1% of GDP) despite high political attention, while electricityā€™s intensity has declined less because the economy is electrifying and could rise again if EVs and AI data centers boost demand.

I think India can do it

Noahpinion ā€¢ 26823 implied HN points ā€¢ 18 Dec 25
šŸ’¼ Business Policy
  1. India is growing fast enough that, if those perā€‘capita growth rates are sustained, living standards could rise to upperā€‘middle or developedā€‘country levels within a generation.
  2. Recent policy moves ā€” like labor law changes, big financial reforms, and a manufacturing upswing (including more electronics and Apple production) ā€” show the country can mobilize resources and climb the industrial value chain.
  3. Real risks exist (state fragmentation, competition from China, low female labor participation, and costly capital), but continued reforms, foreign partnerships, and the political momentum created by growth can help India overcome them.

Assisted Thinking

Doomberg ā€¢ 8288 implied HN points ā€¢ 20 Jan 26
šŸŒž Climate & Environment Policy
  1. China relies heavily on coal, with coal making up roughly 58% of its primary energy and the country burning over half of the worldā€™s coal.
  2. Western media often praises Chinaā€™s climate leadership, but that praise can be misleading because Chinaā€™s emissions and coal use remain very large and have grown.
  3. Headlines saying renewables have overtaken coal or that China is leading a clean-energy revolution can depend on specific accounting choices and short-term data, so those claims need careful scrutiny against broader energy statistics.

āš›ļø A nuclear step forwardā€”maybe

Faster, Please! ā€¢ 1553 implied HN points ā€¢ 05 Mar 26
šŸŒž Climate & Environment Policy
  1. A new kind of nuclear reactor has been approved, offering a path to reliable, carbon-free power, but small modular reactors remain expensive and their economics will only improve if costs fall with repeated, mass-produced builds.
  2. Electricity demand is rising fast because of AI data centers, electric vehicles, and electrified heating, so the grid needs much more generation and transmission soon; in the near term solar and batteries will add capacity while natural gas provides reliability.
  3. Data centers function like infrastructure rather than big job creators ā€” they use few permanent staff, bring substantial tax revenue, and impose little strain on local services; they can also spur local power investments (including on-site small modular reactors), though opposition often mixes environmental concerns with distrust of big tech.

Quantifying Curriculum Degradation: Evidence from the University of Chicago

Heterodox STEM ā€¢ 192 implied HN points ā€¢ 15 Mar 26
šŸšŒ Education Policy
  1. A keyword-based method can flag courses as engaging with progressive ideas or the Western canon, and while this approach is blunt and prone to errors or manipulation, it is useful for tracking changes over time and comparing institutions.
  2. At the University of Chicago (2012ā€“2025) the share of courses matching progressive keywords rose from about 12.7% to 28.3% while canon-related courses stayed near 12%, so progressive signals now outpace canon signals especially in humanities and social sciences and even show up in STEM.
  3. A public Curriculum Content Index built from catalogs, syllabi, and enrollment could give families, donors, and policymakers transparent comparisons across universities, but such an index should be treated as a noisy first pass and not as a basis for micromanaging curricula or replacing careful evaluation.

THE SWAMP LOG: National Non-Emergency, AOC's Munich Mumbling, Longevity Cultist's Untimely End

TK News by Matt Taibbi ā€¢ 3407 implied HN points ā€¢ 16 Feb 26
šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø U.S. Politics Policy
  1. A weekly Washington dispatch covers varied political stories ā€” a "national non-emergency," AOC's awkward Munich remarks, and the unexpected death linked to a longevity movement.
  2. The newsletter aims to demystify Washington by explaining politics in plain language and rejecting insider jargon or elite gatekeeping.
  3. Itā€™s a paid newsletter that also offers some free posts (one noted as courtesy of Matt Taibbi) and encourages readers to subscribe for full access.

EdTech Is Borrowing Zuckerberg's Playbook

After Babel ā€¢ 2125 implied HN points ā€¢ 26 Feb 26
šŸšŒ Education Policy
  1. Saying ā€œthere is no evidence of harmā€ is often used to block action, but demanding product-specific causal trials is usually impractical or unethical, so converging correlational evidence should be taken seriously.
  2. Broad rollout of classroom technology ā€” for example in Utah after 2014 ā€” coincided with reversed gains in reading and math, suggesting widespread EdTech can correlate with stagnation or decline rather than clear improvement.
  3. When billions and millions of children are affected, the burden should be on proving clear, durable benefits before wide deployment; choosing restraint and investing in proven interventions avoids large opportunity costs.

THE SHOW NOTES: Pennsylvania Problems, Terrorists At The Border, & Harris On Fossil Fuels

Erick Erickson's Confessions of a Political Junkie ā€¢ 839 implied HN points ā€¢ 16 Oct 24
šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø U.S. Politics Policy
  1. Kamala Harris is facing criticism from Pennsylvania Democrats about her campaign's effectiveness in a key battleground state. They feel it's not focused enough on boosting voter turnout where it matters most.
  2. There have been significant revisions to FBI crime statistics, showing a rise in violent crime that contradicts previous claims. This change could impact political discussions around crime rates.
  3. An Afghan national linked to a potential terror plot was found to have been inadequately vetted before entering the U.S., raising concerns about security processes in place for immigrants.