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TiB 109: China’s coronavirus dilemma; physical vs virtual economies; and a new moral framework for pandemic planning #109 Apr 7, 2020
TiB 108: All the money fit to print; the epistemology of coronavirus; pandemics in historical perspective; and more... #108 Mar 31, 2020
TiB 107: Will coronavirus lead to US-China conflict; debunking the Blitz spirit; and the limits of cost/benefit analysis #107 Mar 24, 2020
#106 Mar 17, 2020 TiB 106: Coronavirus and the clash of civilisations, the end of the the sovereign individual; and a glimpse of the brave new world of massive fiscal stimulus – Now all coronavirus, all the time: Coronavirus and the clash of civilisations; the end of the soverei
#105 Mar 10, 2020 TiB 105: What Bloomberg and Softbank have in common; why politicians got so old; how the decline of Rome made us rich; and more... – A coronavirus-free edition: the failure of "capital as a weapon" in politics and startups; why US pol
#104 Mar 3, 2020 TiB 104: How coronavirus will change politics; the Apollo Missions' lessons for government; the downsides of living forever; and more... – This week: Coronavirus and the end of an era in politics; what government can learn from the Apollo M
#103 Feb 25, 2020 TiB 103: Can machine learning save Communism; Coronavirus and authoritarianism; how to save science; and more... – This week: Coronavirus and authoritarianism's structural weakness; can machine learning save central
#102 Feb 18, 2020 TiB 102: Who's winning the war on cancer; Thiel on decadence and apocalypse; the future of community; and more... – This week: who's winning the war on cancer; Peter Thiel on decadence and apocalypse; the future of co
#101 Feb 11, 2020 TiB 101: How Confucius would design an AI; why everyone is so incompetent; can hedge funds disrupt venture capital; and more... – This week: why competence in public life has plummeted; how would Confucius design an AI; can the qua
#100 Feb 4, 2020 TiB 100: How to design a new ARPA; Tyler Cowen on talent allocation; how the internet is changing public intellectuals; and more... – This week: How to design a new ARPA; where I disagree with Tyler Cowen on talent allocation; how the
#99 Jan 28, 2020 TiB 99: facial recognition and the race to the bottom; what (doesn't) cause polarisation; the long run effect of the Cultural Revolution; and more... – This week: facial recognition and the race to the bottom; what (doesn't) cause political polarisation
#98 Jan 21, 2020 TiB 98: What McKinsey and Deng Xiaoping have in common; a simple model of Brexit and Trump; more on Organizing Genius; and more... – This week: Productivity growth as a talent problem; a simple model of Brexit and Trump; an update on
#97 Jan 14, 2020 TiB 97: the end of the tech cycle; the limits of explainable AI; organising genius; and more... – This week: where we are in the technology cycle; GPT-2 and the limits of explainable AI; request for
#96 Jan 7, 2020 TiB 96: The best books of the decade; Dominic Cummings and state capacity; divisions in China; and more... – This week: my favourite books of the decade; Dominic Cummings and experiments in state capacity; (pot
#95 Dec 17, 2019 TiB 95: The best links and tweets of 2019 - the TiB year in review – This week: The Thoughts in Between review of 2019...
#94 Dec 10, 2019 TiB 94: How to fix the UK's productivity problem; the cash value of citizenship; the political consequences of encryption; and more... – This week: how to fix the UK's productivity problem; how much citizenship is worth; the political con
#93 Dec 3, 2019 TiB 93: Pro-authoritarian technologies; a theory of startup ecosystems; the Iran deal and global regulation; and more... – This week: pro-authoritarian technologies; the "O-Ring theory" of startup ecosystems; what the end of
#92 Nov 26, 2019 TiB 92: the bear case on China; why this will be a century of secessions; the slowing rate of progress; and more... – This week: the bear case on China; why this may be a century of secessions; the slowing rate of scien
#91 Nov 19, 2019 TiB 91: The biggest financial crime ever; why rich people feel poor; biological interventions; and more... – This week: The biggest financial crime in history; why so many rich people feel so poor; policy choic
#90 Nov 12, 2019 TiB 90: Macron on tech sovereignty; how the Catholic Church made our minds; Bitcoin and the Reformation; and more... – This week: Emmanuel Macron's ideas on technological sovereignty; how the Catholic Church shaped moder
