FDA approves Lilly Alzheimer's drug.
Neural control bionic limbs restore gait.
Japanese develop realisticish robot skin.
Noah Smith on fighting the elemental foe.
Molecular glue degrader pill for sickle cell anemia.
+Tyler Cowen on immigration. What a week for the optimists.
@packym
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FDA approves Lilly Alzheimer’s drug, neural bionic limbs, robot skin
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ElevenLabs Adds Audio Version for American Content
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Added an audio version using @elevenlabs so that my fellow Americans can throw this on at their BBQs tomorrow. https://
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Leadership Impact on National AI Progress and Development
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Thanks Bilal. I’d love to see that too. This isn’t a knock on China’s undeniable gains by any means, more of a question of which country’s continued progress is more tied to future decisions of its leaders.
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Government vs Industry Strength Estimates: UK and Dutch Analysis
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criteria here was the very rough estimates on government strength v industry strength from Claude. UK still gov-dominated even if capitalist system, Dutch doesn't make the cut as a real empire.
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US Market Dominance: Over 50% Global Company Value
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Interesting point. I think just looking at market value of American companies vs. world, we're at >50%. Top non-US are: Saudi Aramco: state-owned
TSMC: most of its biggest customers are US
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Entrepreneurial Force Exceeds Government Power in America
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America is the first "empire" in which the entrepreneurial force is stronger than the governmental force (based on made up but directionally correct #s from Claude). I had way too much fun playing with @Datawrapper in this one.
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Building Our Future: Independence and Innovation in Technology
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No one is coming to save us. We can just build things. Happy 4th of July.
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American Empire Redefined: Technological Innovation Over Geographic Expansion
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The American Empire is not over. It's the first Capitalist Empire, defined not by its ability to expand geographically to capture existing resources, but by its ability to expand technologically to create new ones. This is the American Millennium.