I have been posting repeatedly on X about the extraordinarily fast collapse of births across the planet: in rich and poor countries, in fast-growing and slow-growing economies, in religious and secular societies, under right-wing and left-wing governments, with high taxes and

Years ago when my wife and I we were planning to buy a home, my dad stunned me with a quick mental calculation of loan payments. I asked him how -he said he'd learned the strange formula for compound interest from his father, who was a merchant born in 19th century Iran 1/4

If you can't quite believe it yet, listen yourself: youtube.com/watch?v=-bIG6m…

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Ten years ago I wrote an essay explaining the source of America's increasing polarization. If you want to understand how we got from the unity (and uniformity) of the mid 20th century to the way things are now, this is what happened: paulgraham.com/re.html

The Adolescence of Technology: an essay on the risks posed by powerful AI to national security, economies and democracy—and how we can defend against them: darioamodei.com/essay/the-adol…

Great nugget from Schwarzman’s What It Takes: His strategy for getting a job out of college. Didn’t limit himself to reaching out to people a few yrs older. Instead, he connected w the Old Bulls of finance, recent retirees w incredible networks & not much to do. Brilliant.

This is how you cook shameless Piers Morgan well done

How has China systematically built a vast pipeline of AI talent? My debut feature in FT Magazine explores the pivotal education program behind this achievement, weaving in some personal reflections. China’s Genius Plan as.ft.com/r/c8abb097-a2c…

In his book Outlive, Peter Attia shares that his 1 mo old son almost died & his wife begged him for 4 days to come to the hospital where she was alone, but he didn’t due to his “important work” in New York. Turns out that important work was meeting Jeffrey Epstein. Psychopath!

Israeli torturers in jails smashed the hands of skilled Palestinian surgeons so they could no longer practice in any hospital ever again theguardian.com/global-develop…

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Elon Musk We will build the first hotel and city on the Moon:

If you want to understand why the US and Israel are attacking and attempting to subjugate Iran, you must read this historic speech by Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, delivered earlier this month at the 16th Al Jazeera Forum held in Doha: “Excellencies, Distinguished

If your child becomes a reader, about 80% of the education job is already done. That's my honest assessment after working in education for over thirty years. Everything else is secondary. Most parents think science education is important. Yes it is. But if you can't read the

Max Blumenthal: How FBI & Israel Got Trump to Attack – The F.B.I. manufactured plots to convince Donald Trump that Iran sought to kill him, while Israel and its administration allies exploited the president’s deepest fears to keep him on the path to war. consortiumnews.com/2026/03/13/max…

Electric lifts that climb stairs on their own just came out in China, carrying up to 180 kg for 60 to 80 floors, totally changing the game for delivery people...

First, the Omani FM came out and revealed that there was a deal on the table that met Trump's demands, but that he instead chose war. And now, it is revealed that the British National Security Advisor was also part of the talks, and he too attests to the fact that A) there was

Russia’s🇷🇺 Dmitry Medvedev: ‘Following the assassination of the Supreme Leader of Iran, there is no doubt that Iran will continue pursuing nuclear testing and will eventually acquire nuclear weapons.’ While this is a likely scenario, even if Iran chooses not to build nuclear

Amazonia has a new logo, and it’s a masterpiece. The letters were extracted from satellite images of the river itself