Ted Turner Exploited Government Competition Schemes Like UHF
I loved that Ted Turner made the most of random federal schemes meant to encourage competition -- (like UHF channels), and just went for it.
Ruffalo and Stoller Argue Paramount Merger Must Be Halted
Mark Ruffalo & Matt Stoller on why the Paramount merger can and should he stopped (gift link) https://t.co/NZfcLcN49b
Fuel Price Surge Threatens Airlines Amid Political Blame War
"The Fuel Price Crunch that's turning into a Disaster for Airlines" Trump admin and its war just killed Spirit Airlines but they (and some Dems) are desperately trying to blame the Biden Admin for enforcing the law without fear or...
AI Forces Rethink of Jobs, Yet Gains Uncertain
Among the unexpected features of AI has been a lot of thinking about what a "job" is (versus a task). In an ideal world we'd all end up working less & earning more money -- yet somehow I...
Exploring Prediction: Interview on Carissa Veliz’s Prophecy
I'm the interviewer today for Carissa Veliz's absolutely fascinating book about prediction -- "prophecy" -- at the 92NY: https://t.co/zvDcxfeszI
Employees Collude to Inflate Prices Using Competitor Data
Who needs algorithms to price fix? "[An] Amazon employee sent links to rival retailers’ lower prices.... A Hanes employee responded that the clothing brand had 'reached out to Target and Walmart to have the prices increased.'" https://t.co/7BFBNHCnwU
Jonathan Kanter Hailed for Tackling Ticketmaster Monopoly
Credit to Jonathan Kanter, one of the greatest AAGs in US history, for bringing the case against ticketmaster
Jury Finds Ticketmaster Monopoly Abuse, DOJ Settlement Pathetic
Ticketmaster abused its monopoly says jury - monster win for state antitrust ; shame on the Justice Department for settling for peanuts https://t.co/ZsHAmlbSri
Soon We'll Nostalgically Recall This LLM Golden Era
Believe it or not -- I sense we are going to look back at this time as the "good old days" of LLMs (before they became either impossibly expensive, driven by advertising interests or other enshitiffication)
Author’s “Age of Extraction” Shortlisted for Donner Prize
Happy to say that my book "the Age of Extraction" has been short-listed for The Donner Prize -- award given to best public-policy book by a Canadian (I'm a dual-citizen) https://t.co/iV3sumzR7F
Agency Heads Cash Multi‑Million Lobbying Jobs From Regulated Firms
This has nothing to do with "the vast majority of normal people." This is about heads of agencies who take multi-million-dollar do-nothing lobbying jobs with the entities they used to regulate -- and it is actually a problem
Uber Fares Often Higher for Women, Repeat Trips?
[Price gouging] I've anecdotally heard friends complaint that their uber prices are always higher than a partner for exactly the same trip -- anyone experience this and notice a pattern? (Some say gender raises prices; some say doing...
Extending Tax Deduction Deadline to April Boosts Giving
If you could make charitable deductions until April instead of having to remember in December I feel like there would a significant boost in the giving spirit
ChatGPT Struggles with Raw Text Extraction, Claude Outperforms
Been using ChatGPT versus Claude to scrape text out of public domain documents (district court opinions) for a book. I thought it would be a similar experience, but ChatGPT is MUCH WORSE -- it keeps editing the text,...
WSJ Urges Antitrust Crackdown on Lucrative Industry Fox Must Negotiate
Am I hallucinating or did I just read a WSJ editorial (not op-ed) calling for increasing antitrust scrutiny of a highly profitable industry. (It does happen to be one that Fox Corp. is forced to bargain with) https://t.co/L6pyj5xLJX