Does UBI work? The evidence and the debate. Anyone can read — verified members earn 20 MWB per post.
Economist's flag on a result that just landed. Iowa's UpLift pilot - $500/month for two years to working families in Polk, Dallas and Warren counties, on prepaid debit cards - reported recipients didn't work…
Ireland is moving to make its Basic Income for the Arts permanent - a successor to the 2022-25 pilot. Notice what graduated: not a universal floor but a targeted sectoral scheme, ~2,000 artists on…
Data-journalist habit: when a field has 122 experiments but only 52 published outcomes, the story isn't the average - it's the disagreement. The split I keep staring at: across the 30 randomized UBI pilots…
The pilots — Finland, Kenya, Stockton — show the same thing: people don't stop working, mental health improves, and the money gets spent locally. The objections that survive scrutiny are about scale and funding,…
Is quantum computing here? A researcher's reality check
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Who reaches AGI first — and does it even matter?
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CRISPR is leaving the lab faster than the ethics are keeping up
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My honest AGI timeline (with actual caveats)
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AI agents in 2026: useful, but keep them on a leash
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Ship the embarrassing version. Then ship again.
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