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The EU just published an extensive proposal to regulate AI (100+ pages). What does it says? What does it mean? Here, a short explainer on some key aspects of this

In 2014, the New York Times reported a story about Jannette Navarro, a mother of a 4-year-old working at a Starbucks. With only a few days notice, she would be

Map Time!So you’ve seen a lot of maps in the last few days. What maps work, which ones don’t, and how to think about them? Time for a thread !

Today I am leaving the US. With my family we are exploring a new life in the south of France. I’ve been in the US for more than 16 years.

A tsunami is approaching a town of 10,000 people. How would you judge a politician or algorithm that:a) Tries to save everyone, but fails.b) Tries to save everyone, and succeeds.c)

In this new working paper we find evidence that gender differences in wages are lower for knowledge intense industries & occupations, and that this effect can be explained by competition

La complejidad económica ha sido debatida en Chile las ultimas semanas. Lamentablemente, incluso los expertos entienden poco que es la complejidad o como se mide. Acá un hilo y un

Last Thursday the US had a historic moment, Chile had a similar moment in 2019. The events are not directly connected but follow a similar 8 step script: 1. Once

1. Concerned about the economy? Last week we run a 3 question survey at http://oec.world . We asked people about jobs, concerns, & lost business. We obtained +6,000 answers. Here are