Economy Unexpectedly strong jobs report alarms media hoping for mass unemployment to kick in Rob Beschizza
books Why are we still treating economics as if it were an empirical science that makes reliable predictions? Cory Doctorow
VC Fred Wilson's prediction: we will have a different President of the United States by the end of 2019 Mark Frauenfelder
surveillance Is this the full list of US cities that have bought or considered Predpol's predictive policing services? Cory Doctorow
Business Amazon has been quietly selling its facial recognition system to US police forces, marketing it for bodycam use Cory Doctorow
scholarship Distinguished scientist on the mistakes pundits make when they predict the future of AI Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Canadian government thinktank warns that renewables will gut market for Canada's dirty oil Cory Doctorow
politics Technology's "culture of compliance" must be beaten back in the name of justice Cory Doctorow