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November 2025

How to Sound Like an Expert in Any AI Bubble Debate
There are 12 statistics, factoids, and studies that dominate every discussion about whether artificial intelligence is a bubble. Here's a deep-dive into…
 • Derek Thompson and Timothy B. Lee
Trump's AI Policy Is Indefensible
Trump, the White House, and their defenders claim that trade is bad and tariffs are good. So how on earth do they defend America's AI policy, which is…
 • Derek Thompson
Are Young People Screwed?
It seems like everyone has suddenly agreed that young Americans have never had it worse. Let's investigate.
 • Derek Thompson
The Monks in the Casino
A brief theory of young men, "the loneliness crisis," and life in the 21st century
 • Derek Thompson
The Democrats Have a New Winning Formula
The affordability theory of everything
 • Derek Thompson
AI Could Be the Railroad of the 21st Century. Brace Yourself.
Bubbles. Greed. Technology that forever changes the way we work and live. The history of the 19th century transcontinentals can tell us a lot about the…
 • Derek Thompson

October 2025

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