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Axiom for young people: No one (journalists, academics, managers, politicians, consultants etc.) ever, does their homework. If you do the homework , you win: e.g. if you show up to a meeting having read the paper to the end, you will often be the only one who did.

This is why Twitter, in spite of everything, continues to be great: It turns out the most erudite account on US Congressional procedure is run by.... a 20 year old student from Durham politi.co/43aFSAh via @politico



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Wow


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This discussion between a Google engineer and their conversational AI model helped cause the engineer to believe the AI is becoming sentient, kick up an internal shitstorm and get suspended from his job. And it is absolutely insane. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

tomgara's tweet image. This discussion between a Google engineer and their conversational AI model helped cause the engineer to believe the AI is becoming sentient, kick up an internal shitstorm and get suspended from his job. And it is absolutely insane. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
tomgara's tweet image. This discussion between a Google engineer and their conversational AI model helped cause the engineer to believe the AI is becoming sentient, kick up an internal shitstorm and get suspended from his job. And it is absolutely insane. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
tomgara's tweet image. This discussion between a Google engineer and their conversational AI model helped cause the engineer to believe the AI is becoming sentient, kick up an internal shitstorm and get suspended from his job. And it is absolutely insane. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
tomgara's tweet image. This discussion between a Google engineer and their conversational AI model helped cause the engineer to believe the AI is becoming sentient, kick up an internal shitstorm and get suspended from his job. And it is absolutely insane. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

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Dos minutos de silencio por aquellos que aprendieron ecuaciones diferenciales, transformadas de Fourier, electrónica discreta, semiconductores, guía de ondas, programación en ensamblador y orientada a objetos... y hoy tienen la agenda petada de reuniones y Powerpoints.


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I think there’s a lot to this. Why is childcare so expensive? To a significant extent, bad housing policy. Why is inequality rising? To a significant extent, bad housing policy. Repeat… worksinprogress.co/issue/the-hous…


Además de ser algo absolutamente necesario, el vídeo no tiene desperdicio

This is why Twitter, in spite of everything, continues to be great: It turns out the most erudite account on US Congressional procedure is run by.... a 20 year old student from Durham politi.co/43aFSAh via @politico



Un orgullo para todas las personas que te conocemos @SuRGAcio

Susana Rodríguez (@SuRGAcio) has albinism and has been blind since birth, but that hasn't stopped her from breaking barriers and becoming a Paralympian and doctor ti.me/2T1dcuc



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Pedigree is a poor proxy for motivation and talent. New data: when you hire from a university that's 1,000 slots higher in the rankings, on average you only get 1.9% better performance. Prestigious schools don't have a monopoly on potential. @HarvardBiz hbr.org/2020/09/gradua…

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Graduates of Elite Universities Get Paid More. Do They Perform Better?

In a study of working recent college graduates, the authors found that recent grads from higher-ranked universities outperformed their peers from lower ranked universities to a limited degree. This...


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El político posmoderno, cínico, que no cree en la verdad, piensa que la tarea del político es gestionar percepciones, manejar la opinión pública. Por eso su número dos es un experto en encuestas y comunicación, no experto en gobernar: Johnson/Cummings, Sanchez/Redondo 1/2


Heads or Tails: The Impact of a Coin Toss on Major Life Decisions pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5cd3/ce4680f6c…


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"Combinación entre nación y democracia es explosiva". Mi conclusión:prescindamos políticamente del concepto "nación" elpais.com/elpais/2017/09…


To be rational about Tesla is to miss the point - FT.com on.ft.com/1Ly7UYF via @FT


Kevin Spacey on the future of content creation youtu.be/oheDqofa5NM


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'Mathiness' made me jaded about economics @noahpinion bv.ms/1Lk0o25 via @BV


Garicano y Cía: 'Háganos caso, métase en política’ blogs.elconfidencial.com/espana/mientra…


El despertar cívico de las clases medias elmundo.es/opinion/2015/0…


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