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Trust and technology

Dept of podcasts

The chances that the cycle of cyber attacks becomes more vicious are quite high. Cyberspace is an offense-led environment. So, attacking is always a better choice than defending. 

I discuss the cyber warfare and the rules (and lack thereof) in the febrile digital battlespace with Oxford philosopher, Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo. Listen to this fascinating edition fo the Exponential View podcast here:

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Dept of the near future

💥 John Cassidy on how the Nobel Committee has honoured two researchers, Paul Romer & William Nordhaus, who studied market failure:

Both Romer and Nordhaus emphasize that the market economy, while a powerful engine of human development, has important imperfections and their contributions have thus offered insights into how government policy could potentially enhance our long-run welfare.

(It is a brilliant essay, see more on Romer in Dept of tech and trust, below. Also, why he remains "conditionally optimistic" a…