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Maps Distort How We See the World
30 Maps to Rethink the World
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Why Is Chile So Long?
Chile is so long, it's curved. How long is it? Why not longer? Why is no other country as thin? How does that make Chileans incomprehensible?
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Who Can Claim Palestine?
Israel? Palestine? Who has a stronger claim? Who was there first? Who deserves to have a country there? We can't answer this question without…
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OpenAI and the Biggest Threat in the History of Humanity
We don’t know how to contain or align a FOOMing AGI
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Why I Don’t Invest in Real Estate
Real estate has been a great investment all your life, so you think it will continue. But your life experience has been an outlier. Housing prices might…
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When Will AI Take Your Job?
Cristiano Ronaldo makes 100 times more money than Pelé did in his prime. If you understand why, you’ll know when to expect an AI to take your job.
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The Most Important Time in History Is Now
AGI Is Coming Sooner Due to o3, DeepSeek, and Other Cutting-Edge AI Developments
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Can Solar Costs Keep Shrinking?
The costs of some parts of solar farms will drop to near zero. But some obstacles remain to make this energy cheaply available everywhere. As a result…
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AI Weeks When Decades Happen
How fast AI is improving, and how that's impacting jobs today
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Iran
After Israel’s attack on Iran, the big question is: What will happen in Iran?
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The Top 50 US Cities: Why Are They Where They Are?
The geographic and historical reasons that have made some spots in the country the most populated ones
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The Israel–Hamas Ceasefire Won’t Last
Israel & Palestine, One Year Later
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