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Fact-checking an AI optimist article in The Economist

[Estimated time: 6 mins] On 26 January 2026, The Economist published an optimistic article arguing that AI won’t displace white collar jobs. […]

This summary of Seeing Like A State by James C Scott explores how states simplify and standardise complex societies to make them […]

[Estimated time: 4 minutes] Here’s the 2025 round-up of my favourite books for the year, as well as an update on the […]

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown was a timely read for me. My commitments had accumulated over time and […]

[Estimated time: 5 mins] Some people have pointed out that it’s hard to test the theory of development put forward by Joe […]

In How Asia Works, Joe Studwell sets out the three-part formula that bucked the Washington Consensus and propelled East Asian economies like […]

[Estimated time: 12 mins] This is my third post for this series. It refers to concepts ideas in my previous two posts, […]

[Estimated time: 14 mins] When people speculate about the effects of AI on “economic growth”, they often assume economic growth will increase […]

[Estimated time: 10 mins] I was chatting the other day with a friend about AI and economic growth. In the middle of […]

In Deep Utopia, Nick Bostrom explores the question of what utopia could look like and what problems might be left. The book […]