by andflywrite | May 1, 2026 | BEST LINKS EVER
Healthcare reform has been a very partisan issue for all of the 21st century, which alas helped create the byzantine patchwork healthcare structure we have in the US today. Costs have risen continually for healthcare consumers, including costs of healthcare insurance,...
by andflywrite | Apr 30, 2026 | BEST LINKS EVER
Resource: Brad DeLong on Economic History and Prehistory Economic historian J. Bradford DeLong has published a roughly edited transcript of his lecture, Theories of Economic History III: Prehistory, part of the 2026 Sir John Hicks Memorial Lecture in Economic History...
by andflywrite | Apr 29, 2026 | BEST LINKS EVER
Ezra Klein, the NYTimes columnist and YouTube interviewer, published a book a year ago with Derek Thompson called Abundance. Abundance is a once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and...
by andflywrite | Apr 27, 2026 | BEST LINKS EVER
I think that A.I.s are going to teach us more about being human. Because we’re going to see what not quite human is like and become more and more acquainted with the difference. ~ Stewart Brand As Klein notes Brand was a leader in the countercultural information...
by andflywrite | Apr 27, 2026 | BEST LINKS EVER
Posted 4/27/26 by Quartz. OpenAI is launching a free version of ChatGPT built for U.S. doctors and pharmacists. Summary OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Clinicians, a free AI tool for U.S. doctors and pharmacists to support clinical tasks like documentation and research....
by kris | Apr 24, 2026 | BEST LINKS EVER
AI as a Collaborative Partner: Signal or System Shift? AI is starting to shift from a tool we use to a partner we think with. This post was drafted with the assistance of GPT. A small but growing body of research shows people using AI not just for answers, but for...
