Monthly archives: December, 2025

Best case: we’re in a bubble. Worst case: the people profiting most know exactly what they’re doing.

Christopher Butler – “After three years of immersion in AI, I have come to a relatively simple conclusion: it’s a useful technology that is very likely overhyped to the point of catastrophe. The best case scenario is that AI is just not as valuable as those who invest in it, make it, and sell it …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Education, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

During the Trump era, political violence has become an increasingly urgent problem

The New Yorker: Elected officials from both parties are struggling to respond. In the Line of Fire [no paywall] “America is a violent country. Nowhere else that is remotely as rich tolerates so many murders or so many weapons. But, sometime during the tumultuous decade of the Trump era, it began to seem that simply …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Economy, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Social Media