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Author of "The Geek Way" and "More from Less;" coauthor of "The Second Machine Age;" proponent of human and planetary flourishing.

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    My most recent book is "The Geek Way" (Nobel Prize-winner) Bengt Holmstrom's Amazon review: "McAfee’s book is a breath of fresh air that brings several original perspectives on today’s start-up organizations and beyond. Highly recommended!"
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    Aw, shucks. Thanks! Tbh I think we underestimated the scale, pace, and scope of coming tech progress.
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    Praise to @erikbryn and @amcafee
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    RT @EPBResearch: AI productivity gains are showing up, but only in ~15% of jobs. The three heaviest AI adopters (information, professional services, finance) went from a 2.2% productivity trend to 5.0% since 2022. The rest of the economy: 0.9% to 1.4%.
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    RT @andrew_anagnost: Autonomous manufacturing is getting a lot of attention. The bigger opportunity is connected intelligence across design, make and operate. When product context and real-world performance stay connected, AI can help manufacturers make better decisions and scale expertise. More here:
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    Great analogy. Let me extend it: US tech/AI industry = sledgehammer forehand Our ability to create "geek" companies in other industries (think SpaceX, Stripe, Anduril...) = sublime backhand VC ecosystem = silky net game Dynamic labor market = total court coverage
    Jordan Weissmann @JHWeissmann
    I've started to think of America's capital markets as our country's equivalent of having a 130 mph average tennis serve. We can do can an incredible number of other things wrong, but somehow stay in the game economically, because because we can just blast money around.
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    I've started to think of America's capital markets as our country's equivalent of having a 130 mph average tennis serve. We can do can an incredible number of other things wrong, but somehow stay in the game economically, because because we can just blast money around.
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    RT @emollick: My new book, Co-Existence, is out today. It is a guide to how to live & work in a world where AI is sometimes, but not always, better than you. (And, for the release, I worked with Opus 5.5 to make a quite interesting experience for the book's website:
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    RT @blaiseaguera: Friends in San Francisco: Join me at @longnow on October 22 for a conversation on interdependence with @baratunde. We'll explore cooperation as the core governing principle of nature and synthetic minds, why intelligence is inherently collective, and what this means for our shared future. Get tickets here:
    Long Now Foundation @longnow
    How do we co-create a future with tech that actually serves humanity and the planet? On Oct 22, join @baratunde (creator of How to Citizen & Life With Machines) alongside Google VP @blaiseaguera for "On Interdependence": a 10,000-year look at civic action, Indigenous wisdom, and human survival. More information and tickets here:
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    How do we co-create a future with tech that actually serves humanity and the planet? On Oct 22, join @baratunde (creator of How to Citizen & Life With Machines) alongside Google VP @blaiseaguera for "On Interdependence": a 10,000-year look at civic action, Indigenous wisdom, and human survival. More information and tickets here:
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    RT @danielrock: We're looking for folks with a PhD in econ, quantitative social science, CS/stats, or related and >= 4 years post-PhD experience. Ideally you work (a lot) with AI tools too and have written papers in the areas we're targeting. Here's the link to apply:
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    RT @sinanaral: 🚨Out now in PNAS! The first ever (we believe) large scale RCT + field experiment on the performance effects of AI Personalization! 🚩 In a preregistered randomized experiment, 🚩 We paired 1,258 participants with AI agents prompted to exhibit varying levels of the Big Five personality traits. 🚩 These human–AI teams produced 7,266 display ads, evaluated by 1,168 human raters, and a field experiment on X with ~5M impressions.
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    RT @johnarnold: Preliminary evidence suggests GLP-1 drugs may reduce cravings for addictive substances, but stronger evidence is needed to support broader access. We @Arnold_Ventures are proud to fund the most rigorous study ever of effect of GLP-1s on alcohol/opioid use and downstream impacts.
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    RT @emollick: If you haven’t made sure to turn on two-factor authentication on all accounts, have passwords with family in case you get voice calls asking for money, etc, now would be a good time. AI gains mean the costs of mass targeting individuals with sophisticated attacks are dropping.
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    RT @stewartbrand: All my work online for a guaranteed 100 years. It's a new service being offered by WordPress. They tried it out on me. I think it's great. Explained here:
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    This is such a gift to the world. All of @stewartbrand’s work: writing, festival shenanigans, & 50,000(!) photos, dating back to the 50s: (Where else could you find Marshall McLuhan, Brian Eno, and Marlon Brando in one place!?)
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    This is such a gift to the world. All of @stewartbrand’s work: writing, festival shenanigans, & 50,000(!) photos, dating back to the 50s: (Where else could you find Marshall McLuhan, Brian Eno, and Marlon Brando in one place!?)
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    RT @CardiffGarcia: Icymi yesterday, check out our post on the right lessons of the last four decades of US real wage growth. We really tried to be careful in our presentation and interpretations, and we love how it came out. See Ben’s thread below and click through to the link in his second tweet.
    Ben Glasner @BenGlasner
    It remains shocking to me that we have seen a full scale reversal of the post-COVID trend in wage growth. Since March 2025, real wages are down across the distribution. Only the 25th is up (+1%). let’s look at how odd this is in the context of the last 40+ years. @CardiffGarcia
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  18. Ben Glasner@BenGlasner
    It remains shocking to me that we have seen a full scale reversal of the post-COVID trend in wage growth. Since March 2025, real wages are down across the distribution. Only the 25th is up (+1%). let’s look at how odd this is in the context of the last 40+ years. @CardiffGarcia
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    RT @ForeignAffairs: .@amcafee explains why the European economy is falling behind—and calls on Brussels to build a “startup ecosystem capable of supplying the new growth that engines Europe needs.”
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    RT @CharlesCMann: Small counterweight to the overall collapse of print: printing tech has developed to the point where publishers can make visually stunning stuff. Thought prompted by the new Works In Progress, which looks like a million bucks--see below. (Shameless plug, as I have a piece in it.)
    Sam Bowman @s8mb
    The new issue of Works in Progress, arriving with subscribers this week, is our best ever and packed with must-read pieces. Our lead essay is @RobinRivaton and @bswud on how China's cities, and the competition between them, have driven its rise to techno-industrial preeminence. It also includes: - @danwwang on Chinese and American second-tier cities, - @tylercowen on the food of Brazil, - @vpostrel on the invention of supermarkets, - @CharlesCMann on the discovery of porcelain, - @salonium on the myth of accidental scientific discovery, - Stephen Kotkin on Leninism's fatal flaw, - @owl_posting on biomedical hedge funds, - @PMArslanagic on the formula for lovable cities, - @pietergaricano on Ukraine as the future of war, - @PatRubenFitz on the Bronze Age Collapse, and - @SCP_Hughes on the social lives of hard-partying Victorian elites. Plus: love and shame in Ancient Rome, making mosquitoes extinct, the return of 1930s dating norms, and why Pakistan is home to the world's best architect. And our new crossword, our cocktail column, classifieds, and more! The new edition has had a massive design upgrade with beautiful, premium matte paper, a larger form factor, and bigger, clearer and more elegant typeography. It is a joy to read. Copies arrive with subscribers this week: subscribe now or by October 16th to get yours.
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  21. Sam Bowman✓@s8mb
    The new issue of Works in Progress, arriving with subscribers this week, is our best ever and packed with must-read pieces. Our lead essay is @RobinRivaton and @bswud on how China's cities, and the competition between them, have driven its rise to techno-industrial preeminence. It also includes: - @danwwang on Chinese and American second-tier cities, - @tylercowen on the food of Brazil, - @vpostrel on the invention of supermarkets, - @CharlesCMann on the discovery of porcelain, - @salonium on the myth of accidental scientific discovery, - Stephen Kotkin on Leninism's fatal flaw, - @owl_posting on biomedical hedge funds, - @PMArslanagic on the formula for lovable cities, - @pietergaricano on Ukraine as the future of war, - @PatRubenFitz on the Bronze Age Collapse, and - @SCP_Hughes on the social lives of hard-partying Victorian elites. Plus: love and shame in Ancient Rome, making mosquitoes extinct, the return of 1930s dating norms, and why Pakistan is home to the world's best architect. And our new crossword, our cocktail column, classifieds, and more! The new edition has had a massive design upgrade with beautiful, premium matte paper, a larger form factor, and bigger, clearer and more elegant typeography. It is a joy to read. Copies arrive with subscribers this week: subscribe now or by October 16th to get yours.
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    RT @ForeignAffairs: The European Union’s technology regulations are inadvertently stymying competitiveness and innovation, argues @amcafee. How can Brussels revive the European economy?
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    I've got a new article up at @ForeignAffairs: "Europe Can’t Get Out of Its Own Way: The Real Barriers to Competitiveness and Innovation Are Still in Place" Like a lot of other work in this area, it was inspired by the Draghi report. Here's a 🧵 of my argument
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    ...but the EU is falling behind economically, and is NOT on track to reverse this trend.
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