1. Ronan McGovern on Finland and two Baltics.
2. Was housing overbuilt in Nevada?
3. How much of the universe is legible to intelligence?
4. What are the bottlenecks for actually applying evidence to policy decisions?
5. Adrian Wooldridge says beware of Labour rule (Bloomberg).
8. Revenge of the generalist?: “Prediction: Over the next decade there will be a revenge of the generalist. Generalists will be rewarded as organizations shrink and employees are asked to do more with less. AI will accelerate this trend as specialized tasks become more and more automated.” Gagan Biyani.
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