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• Stanford as a Hatchery for Future Tech Overlords [Book Review]

  Anand Giridharadas, The Secret Elite One Freshman Discovered at Stanford, NYTimes, May 18, 2026. Book Review: How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at... Read more

  The 19 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Eddie Kramer: Recording the Gods of Rock

  

  YouTube: In this interview, I sit down with legendary audio engineer and producer Eddie Kramer. We discuss his ridiculously impressive discography, crafting... Read more

  The 18 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Hoboken Arts & Music Festival, Spring 2026

  

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  The 18 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Gary Marcus Declares Victory: “I Won; Nobody Uses Pure LLMs Anymore.”

  The pure LLM debate - which I had for many years, here and elsewhere - is indeed no longer relevant. Why? Because I won; nobody uses pure LLMs anymore. Read more

  The 18 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Why Doesn’t Cowen Mention Thomas Kuhn on Scientific Revolutions? {Cowen as a...

  

  In the course of working through the Chapter 3 material on botany and biological evolution in Cowen’s marginalism monograph I was suddenly struck by the fact... Read more

  The 18 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• AI Addiction and Idolatry in Silicon Valley (Stanford)

  Theo Baker, What A.I. Did to My College Class, NYTimes, May 17, 2026. Over half-way through the article: Emerging research has begun to show what most people... Read more

  The 18 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Homo Economicus on Steroids

  Central Park is great, but it takes up a lot of space and isn’t utilized to its full potential. That’s why I worked with McKinsey on a plan to make it a state o... Read more

  The 16 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• This Calls for More Irises

  

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  The 16 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Trump's Accidental Triumph in Beijing

  

  That’s the title of the latest edition of Robert Wright’s NonZero Newsletter on Substack. Rather than summarizing and paraphrasing I’m going to reproduce most,... Read more

  The 16 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Ishmael Reed Takes on the Tech Bros

  David Streitfeld, Elon Musk and Friends in the Den of Oakland’s Literary Lion, NYTimes, May 14, 2026. Fourth paragraph: Mr. Reed, a novelist, playwright and... Read more

  The 15 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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