The Layer Paradox
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Why 2028 Will be an Unusually Wild and Well-Funded Campaign
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The Finance of Alchemy
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Longreads + Open Thread
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Who's Still Playing an Iterated Game?
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The Triple Lock as a Bad Derivatives Trade
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How Much Socializing Gets Automated Away?
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Compensation as Game Design
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Longreads + Open Thread
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Is There a Plan for AI Spam?
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It's Not Just Hard to Measure AI's Consumer Surplus—We Can't Even Measure its GDP Impact
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Will Baby Bonds Make a Difference?
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