What I read this week...
Joe Manchin, Jack Ma, the race to catch OpenAI
What I read this week…
Alphabet’s Google and DeepMind Pause Grudges, Join Forces to Chase OpenAI (The Information)
The AI industry really should slow down a little (Platformer)
Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT (Politico)
Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Betrayal (Joe Manchin)
The Election You Shouldn’t Look Away From (The Atlantic)
March 30, 2023: Trump Indictment (Heather Cox Richardson)
Fentanyl Fuels Surge in Deaths Among Those Who Are Homeless (WSJ)
SFUSD's delay of algebra 1 has created a nightmare of workarounds (SF Examiner)
My Bet on Substack: Why Writers Like Me Want to Give Substack Our Money (Newcomer)
On Twiter…
Science Is Strategic@scienceisstrat1
Cost of sequencing a human genome:
• 2001 - $95 million
• 2021 - $450
• 2023 - $200 with new Illumina machine
Cc: @fdesouza @Noahpinion @erikbryn @amcafee @rtnarch
1:44 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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Alec Stapp@AlecStapp
Canada let in a million immigrants last year.
The equivalent for the US would be 9 million.
Public opinion of immigration is very positive & broadly supported.
How?
Canada is selective about who it admits, with eligibility criteria that value higher education & skilled work.
3:49 PM · Mar 25, 2023
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John Burn-Murdoch@jburnmurdoch
NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got.
My column: enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/75e5e3d…
And some utterly damning charts.
1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.
1:48 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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Science Is Strategic@scienceisstrat1
China 🇨🇳 is already the Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 of batteries 🔋
🔹 6 of top 10 companies are Chinese
🔹 Top 2 Chinese producers, CATL & BYD, control 50.7% of global market
🔹 China dominates upstream mineral processing and lithium mining
Cc: @Noahpinion @ElbridgeColby @JesseJenkins
5:48 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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Moritz Rudolf@MoritzRudolf
While many 🇺🇸 lawmakers focus on TikTok,
🇨🇳 will host the leaders of the world’s 7th 🇫🇷, 12th 🇧🇷, & 14th 🇪🇸 largest economies (+ the 🇪🇺 Commission President) within the next 11 days.
🇨🇳 potential role in facilitating 🇺🇦 peace talks will be on the agendas.
What to expect?🧵
4:38 AM · Mar 25, 2023
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