Day: January 15, 2013
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Noah Smith on the Rise of the Machines
Here’s a worthwhile read from Noah Smith on the future of an economy where most work is done by robots. I’ve actually thought about this for a long while. How can a democracy survive if all the economic oomph lies in the very few owners of capital? As much as he was (justifiably) derided, President…
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Lost You in the Canyon (30 Days of Marc Cohn – Day 1)
“Lost You in the Canyon” Burning the Daze Marc Cohn’s third studio album seems, more or less, to be universally seen as his weakest, and I guess I mostly share that opinion. But even so there are a number of quite good songs on it, and “Lost You in the Canyon” is one of them.…