Alexander Kustov shows that people are more likely to support legal immigration when they know how difficult it actually is to legally immigrate.
Archie Hall writes a bear case for AI in Britain. Unfortunately, I worry Archie is right: Britain’s labour market does move very slowly and it is very exposed to services. This doesn’t look great for the future.
Astera is having an essay contest on systemic bottlenecks to science.
A point-counterpoint pair on AI and automation: Kobe Yank-Jacobs on why doing tasks does not mean doing a job, and David Oks on why the ATM didn’t kill the bank teller, but the iPhone did.
India’s recent growth may have been less impressive than stated.
1Day Sooner is hiring for a policy lead for clinical trial abundance.
China is not a young country - the median age is now the same as the UK, and will shortly overtake it.
The US Post Office has simply defined the Pentagon (geographically very much in Virginia) to be in DC.
One in four gay and bisexual men1 intend to vote Reform. Stephen Daisley has written a very funny taxonomy of them.
Gay and bisexual women are apparently holding up the Left.