"The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better." And none of these statements would be verifiable without good and open data. ourworldindata.org/much-better-aw…

What an amazing "article" (how do I classify this?). All of these small random questions, like: >which soundtracks have a french-horn? >How many sandwiches did you eat last year? I love and hate them. I want to help fix the software problem. cc @SWEJWO blog.spencermounta.in/2021/should-we…

thoughtful post on attention economics + countermeasures: sdrinf.com/age-of-attenti… a few excerpts posted below

Our Chief of Security Architecture Bruce Schneier outlines how LLMs and large-language-model optimization will transform how we all use the web. via The Atlantic theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

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