U.S. Policy Made America's Research Engine the Envy of the World. One President Could End That. chronicle.com/article/the-wr…

My plan to revive American manufacturing is to: raise the price of inputs like steel, aluminum & copper; create shortages of rare earths; invite retaliatory tariffs; cut R&D; raise borrowing costs by blowing out the budget; and to cover it all in a thick cloud of uncertainty.

A positive sign: Congress appears ready to reject Trump’s devastating proposed cuts to science funding, including for the NSF.

No serious planning . No prior negotiations. No plan. No strategy. And no deal. Of course. No surprise there. Just another empty performative gesture. But at least Putin looked happy. What did Trump expect? Trump Says There Is ‘No Deal’ on Ukraine After Summit With Putin

China's innovation surge is shredding to pieces the myth that free-market capitalism is a prerequisite for innovation. Sure, there is a thriving private sector in China. But the state — not the capitalists — ultimately controls the direction of investment in China.

Prayers for an America still obsessed with owning weapons of war.

Science is at its best when it is most free...

A big-data analysis shows that online content represents men as older than women in the same occupations and social roles, and that AI reproduces these warped presentations go.nature.com/3IzddiQ

Asking about the hidden costs of research security: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

Science funding is a patronage system, a fundamental weakness, since the patron can impose boundaries...

Is it just me, or has the field of economics completely lost their way?

We are living through a systematic, coordinated blinding of society. That is the stark conclusion of Dr. Bret Weinstein, who argues that the collapse of trust we see is not an accident, but a pattern of enemy action. In a powerful testimony, Dr. Weinstein laid out a disturbing

X is filled with utopian claims for the AI revolution. Recall a similar optimism for computing: "Through the computer, the heralds say, we will make education better, religion better, politics better, our minds better – best of all, ourselves better." Neil Postman

With AI, there are no excuses left for a less-than-full literature review in every paper I peer review.

Eight things I want more than AGI (or ASI?) 1. Self cleaning carpet 2. Accident proof guns 3. Clothes that adjust to keep me at 70• 4. Rapid rail 5. “Bad food” indicator 6. Spam and scam enders 7. Helicopter option on top of car 8. Self cleaning carpet

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We made a mistake in adding "science" to the study of politics, society, communications, and psychology. These are not evidence-based, experimental, or reproducible sciences.

US-China S&T Relations at a Crossroads quincyinst.org/research/u-s-c…

U.S. Congress: get back to work.

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