They lose money on every transaction and have no visible path to changing that.
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Understanding Price: A Lesson in Economics
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There’s this thing called price. You’ll understand better when you’re older.
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OpenAI and Anthropic Overvalued by One or Two Orders of Magnitude
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OpenAI and Anthropic are only overvalued by an order of magnitude or two.
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C-Level Executives Advocate for Reduced Working Hours and Four-Day Weeks
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I find it striking to see how many C-level executives are increasingly advocating for a reduction in working hours, whereas previously the opposite was always the case. Most recently, Sam Altman, with his policy paper, suggested that a 4-day week with 32 hours is practically
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US-Taiwan Trade Deal Strengthens Chip Export Market Access
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Taiwan just signed a big trade deal with the US. It’ll keep reducing China’s influence on Taiwan. Taiwan gets stable, lower tariffs for its chips, tech, and other exports to America. In return, Taiwan opens its market more to US products. https://
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New AI Book Explores Job Market and Economic Implications
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There's a book about this! New edition covering the job market and economic implications of the latest advances in #AI available on June 2, 2026.
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EPR Construction Timeline and Strait of Hormuz Supply Chain Risks
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J'ai envie de répondre à Damien. Mais j'ose pas. Néanmoins, voici quelques données pour contextualiser. 1/ Construire un EPR prend 15 ans
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AI Job Disruption: Vocational Training Over Broad Degrees
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Palantir CEO Alex Karp warns AI will "destroy humanities jobs", arguing that broad, non-specialized degrees may lose value in an automation-driven economy.
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CCP Economic Coercion Through China Market Access Control
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Oh look, the good old CCP economic incentive playbook where they use selective China market access as a carrot for future coercion.
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Genetic editing breakthrough transforms rare disease treatment paradigm
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The turning point for rare diseases, which affect >300 million people around the world.
A call to get rid of its many structural obstacles, to consider it as molecular surgery unlike drug treatments
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nion/genetic-editing-diseases-health-care.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aVA._Ngc.rcD9QiLWrfIM&smid=url-share
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