Substacks recommended by Andrew McAfee

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Understanding AI

By Timothy B. Lee

Exploring how AI works and how it's changing our world.

Exactly as advertised: the best explanations of how this astonishing technology works.

- Andrew McAfee

One Useful Thing

By Ethan Mollick

Trying to understand the implications of AI for work, education, and life. By Prof. Ethan Mollick

Many, many more than one useful thing here. Mollick provides a fantastic ongoing guide to the power of generative AI, and how to harness it.

- Andrew McAfee

The Permanent Problem

By Brink Lindsey

the quest to "live wisely and agreeably and well"

Brink Lindsey thinks hard and writes adroitly about how to build flourishing societies.

- Andrew McAfee

Faster, Please!

By James Pethokoukis: Faster

Discovering, creating, and inventing a better world through technological innovation, economic growth, and pro-progress culture.

The title says it all. "Conservative Futurist" Jim Pethokoukis advocates for progress and innovation and talks to folk who are creating them.

- Andrew McAfee

Slow Boring

By Matthew Yglesias

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

Politics, policy, economics, and more, all served up with opinion and flair by Matthew Yglesias

- Andrew McAfee

Economic Forces

Pondering price theory, past and present. A weekly newsletter covering all things economics.

Learn just how much is explained by apparently simple economic concepts like supply, demand, and prices. The writing and examples here are both lively and deep.

- Andrew McAfee

Noahpinion

By Noah Smith

Economics and other interesting stuff

A high volume of high-quality thinking and writing from former chief neoliberal shill Noah Smith. Business, economics, geopolitics; it's all here.

- Andrew McAfee

The Geek Way

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