Blast From the Past
Today I was cleaning out a garage and ran across two historic items from my history with desktop computers. This is a blast from the past. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: The Intersection of Economics and Technology
Three Tax Prep Firms Gave Personal Data to Meta
3 tax prep firms shared sensitive data with Meta. I’ll save you some time. The tax prep firms were H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer. Continue Reading →
More Robot Slave Labor
Meet BeBot, a remote controlled robot slave. Be spends his days — and nights as far as I know — cleaning the beaches of Lake Tahoe. Continue Reading →
Why is OpenAI’s CEO Asking to Be Regulated?
Why is OpenAI’s CEO Asking to Be Regulated? Brian Albrecht answered it using a simple supply-demand model. Continue Reading →
Stephen Wolfram on ChatGPT
Tom Shaughnessy Jr summarizes a long article by Stephen Wolfram that explains ChatGPT. Links to Wolfram’s article for the math inclined. Continue Reading →
Innovation in the Hearing Aid Market
Innovation has leaped in hearing aids. FDA deregulation in 2022 could cause the largest market price cuts since airline deregulation in 1980. Continue Reading →
The Twitter Files
This article features a downloadable zip file of 19 of the 20 Twitter files threads. Matt Taibbi did most of the heavy lifting. Continue Reading →
Iowahawk’s History of Electric Cars
David Burge (@IowaHawkBlog) knows old cars. I had never thought about whether his knowledge included electric cars. It does. Continue Reading →
Marriott Joins the Fight for Fifteen
Marriott joins the fight for fifteen today. But, in this case, “joins” has a less commonly used meaning: join battle. Continue Reading →
Creative Destruction in Action: Competition for Amazon
We are witnessing an example of creative destruction in action: competition for Amazon. Walmart is moving into their territory in a big hurry. Continue Reading →