by Nikita Stewart in The NY Times: Every year, the Real Estate section of The New York Times tackles the subject of first-time home buying with all of the disappointments and joys that are associated with finally owning a house. For many Americans, a house is the biggest investment they will ever make. Their homeContinue reading “Who Gets to Buy a Home?”
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Will Today’s Tech Wave Drown Developing Countries?
Xiaolan Fu at Project Syndicate: We are living through humanity’s fourth industrial revolution, which is largely driven by breakthroughs in digital technologies. Some, like the internet and artificial intelligence, are converging and amplifying each other, with far-reaching consequences for economies and societies. For developing countries, the implications are profound, and questions concerning policy choices andContinue reading “Will Today’s Tech Wave Drown Developing Countries?”
The Evolving Corporate Board
The business world has changed dramatically over the past few years. The human element is key –in the business of risk-taking. Thus, the rising complexity of board directorship. New challenges are coming up, from geopolitics to generative AI and digitization to sustainability. Therefore, being a board director is probably more complex than ever. New topicsContinue reading “The Evolving Corporate Board”
Skeletons in the Closet
Irshad Salim: In the Summer of 2020, I shared one of the many moments and memories in the context of the on goings back ‘home’ (Pakistan)–after returning from ‘abroad’ (USA). ‘Home’ and ‘Abroad’ are the two sides of the coin most Pakistanis overseas carry in the wallet of their daily rituals. I have been oneContinue reading “Skeletons in the Closet”
Why Governments Offload Risks to Individuals
Under the guise of empowerment and freedom, politicians and business are offloading lifethreatening risk to individuals Suzanne Schneider at Aeon: I have for several years been working on a book about risk as a form of social and political logic: a lens for apprehending the world and a set of tools for taming uncertainty withinContinue reading “Why Governments Offload Risks to Individuals”
Power Plant on the Moon By Mid-2030s
by Edd Gent in Singularity Hub: Supporting any future settlement on the moon would require considerable amounts of energy. Russia and China think a nuclear power plant is the best option, and they have plans to build one by the mid-2030s… These ambitious plans face a major challenge though—how to power all this equipment. TheContinue reading “Power Plant on the Moon By Mid-2030s”
AI’s Potential Effect on the Labor Force
Andrew Ng, Landing AI founder and CEO, discusses the effect AI will have on the labor force and which companies are positioning themselves the best in the AI market. Can the workforce learn AI skills quickly enough to keep pace with innovation? FEATURED CARTOON:
What to Do About the Coming Economic Uncertainty Due to AI
The economic uncertainty posed by AI is likely to come very fast and is not well-understood or easily predictable, at least in any detailed manner. But it is quite predictable that AI will cause radical economic changes already within the next decade and this disruption carries great risks and the possibility of great societal pain.Continue reading “What to Do About the Coming Economic Uncertainty Due to AI”
How Money Laundering Works
Money laundering is basically just deleting your money’s search history. Of course, one has to first get large amounts of illegally acquired money before thinking about laundering it! by Delena D. Spann on TED-Ed: Money laundering is the term for any process that “cleans” illegally obtained funds of their “dirty” criminal origins, allowing them toContinue reading “How Money Laundering Works”