Can the FTC look into how big AI companies are locking down the data? We aren't going to get new players in AI if you need to have the pre 2022 dataset and $200mil/year in data licensing contracts.

We are happy to release the first results of a RCT of a US program that provided $1,000/month unconditionally for 3 years to 1,000 individuals in the treatment group, with a group of 2,000 people receiving $50/month serving as the control. These are sizable transfers. 1/ 🧵

🚨 The long-awaited Manchin-Barrasso permitting reform bill is finally out! 🚨 The bipartisan bill strikes a deal on transmission, includes modest NEPA changes, and modernizes leasing for oil, gas, geothermal, and offshore oil and wind. Some live notes as I read the bill…

Since January, I've been working on a story for Asterisk: what's going on with San Francisco group houses? Here it is: asteriskmag.com/issues/06/bett…

My family moved to the US when I was 8, but by the time I turned 20, my dad was still on an H1B (waiting to get processed for a green card). Once I turned 21, I would age out as his dependent, despite the fact that I basically grew up in the US. I thought I'd have to become a

My new report on NEPA’s real costs is out! The data shows that NEPA harms clean energy more than fossil fuels — and it’s only going to get worse. Here’s why clean energy advocates should support technology-neutral NEPA reform: (🧵 1/9)

This is a very important paper. "I find that a 1% decline in public R&D spillovers causes a 0.17% decline in productivity growth. Public R&D spillovers are three times as impactful as private R&D spillovers for firm productivity and their impact persists at the sector level."

25 min of following 1yo, sped up 10x to 2.5 min Nearly zero interference or even interaction as he severally pursued his little side quests I love this age

i’m assembling a team

Kamala memes have now reached the Supreme Court's shadow docket. This is from a Jones Day-penned request to block the EPA's latest carbon capture rules for power plants. #SCOTUS

We obtained data on H-1B lottery registrations, selections, and petitions for fiscal years 2021 through 2024 after bringing a lawsuit against Homeland Security USCIS under the Freedom of Information Act. We're sharing this data freely with the public. github.com/BloombergGraph…

An obscure immigration law called 212(e) forces certain J-1 visa holders to return home for two years before they can get another visa New research from Michael Clemens, Amy Nice, and me shows the rule’s cost for the first time: It makes us kick out ~40,000 high-skilled workers a year

I'm hiring an Assistant Editor! You'll help with Statecraft and other IFP projects, and you'll work with the sharpest policy shop in DC. If that sounds like a blast, apply here: ifp.org/come-work-with…

Recommended for any undergrads interested in tech policy! Applications close on September 5.

Excited to announce the new members of the Reboot editorial board! Hamidah Oderinwale, Hannah Scott, kevin baker, no more docile users, shira, Shohini Gupta, and connie are some of the most thoughtful, brilliant, and passionate people around. Get to know them: joinreboot.org/p/ed-board-2024

🚀 the team at @ifp has been working on this for a long time, and today, we're finally launching "metascience 101"! it's a nine episode podcast series designed to be a crash course into the big ideas motivating metascience first episodes dropping today: macroscience.org/p/announcing-t…