Jon Bateman
@JonKBateman
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tech @CarnegieEndow / podcast The World Unpacked
Joined February 2019
A House of Dynamite debuts on Netflix today. And so does my podcast with the writer! This film is a deeply researched, realistic portrayal of nuclear crisis by Noah Oppenheim, ex-president NBC News. We talk about nuclear x-risk, politics, and filmmaking on The World Unpacked.
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President Trump has announced that the U.S. may resume nuclear testing. But what plan does he have to combat nuclear threats? And will it work? Noah Oppenheim, screenwriter of @netflix’s A House of Dynamite, discussed with @JonKBateman on last week’s World Unpacked.
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“Reject Pro-China Competitive Bidding” — a phrase that will live in my brain for a long time
Bureaucrats are undercutting President Trump’s agenda that protects Americans by letting cheap Chinese devices steal our health data. 🇺🇸 Protect patient privacy. Protect American jobs. Learn More:
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It doesn’t feel like Grokipedia was written by the standard Grok.
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1959: LIFE Magazine captures two @RANDCorporation researchers inspecting an oil drilling rig in the Pacific Ocean to determine viability for use as missile launching platform Make think tanking great again
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Dr. Strangelove (1965)
PENTAGON CRITICIZES NETFLIX FOR CLAIMING $50 BILLION U.S. DEFENSE SYSTEM HAS ONLY A 50% CHANCE OF STOPPING AN INCOMING MISSILE
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The Supreme Court case (arguments scheduled for 11/5) will be interesting. Does a TV ad quoting Ronald Reagan qualify for the kind of emergency that would allow the president to circumvent Congress’s power over tariffs?
The president announces an arbitrary price hike on Americans because his feelings are hurt by an ad accurately quoting Ronald Reagan’s criticism of tariffs
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Thoughtful analysis on managing US-China tensions from my brilliant colleagues @MMazarr, @AmandaLKerrigan, and Benjamin Lenain.
New report outlines initiatives that could help stabilize three of the most dangerous and potentially intractable disputes at the core of the U.S.-China rivalry: Taiwan, the South China Sea, and competition in science and technology.
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That this defense needs to be written is part of the problem with past policy. It is not just propagandists who believe that US policy was about crippling China’s economy. Our policy essentially did two things: 1) made it seem like we were trying to crush the Chinese economy 2)
This is a chronic misreading of U.S. policy. It's accurate to say Washington is worried about China and has sought to constrain its technological power. But the fact is that tariffs + tech restrictions undertaken by the Trump/Biden administrations to date are not designed to
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First time ever seeing an analyst note detailing how Trump would attempt to secure a third term. (George Pollack, Signum Global)
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Interesting predictions
President Trump departs today for Asia, where he will likely meet with Chairman Xi Jinping next week. Here are my predictions: --Trump and Xi will sign a trade deal. Both sides will claim that the deal is far more substantial than it is, and both sides will cheat on the trade
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Back up plans in case IEEPA tariffs struck down by SCOTUS?
Today, Ambassador Greer announced a review under Section 301 to assess China's implementation of the Phase One Agreement. https://t.co/Ry5N4CmlPZ
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Can movies shape policy? And is that what screenwriters want? Noah Oppenheim, screenwriter of @netflix’s A House of Dynamite (out today!), breaks it down with @JonKBateman on today’s episode of The World Unpacked. Watch their full conversation here: https://t.co/QuoofjQGrs
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With social media and porn addiction so rife, I am surprised that the renunciative practices that spiritual paths offer haven't started to become more popular. When people think of Buddhism, for example, they tend to think of meditation. But the Buddha spent much more time
Social media / phone addiction carries a higher risk for people who have a feelings-based behavioural compass vs those who have principles-based behavioural compass. For those whose behavioural compass essentially evolves around “what feels good right now”, screens can have a
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The world of nuclear policy has long inspired Hollywood, but how has Hollywood influenced nuclear policy? Noah Oppenheim, screenwriter of @netflix’s A House of Dynamite, explains with @JonKBateman on today’s World Unpacked:
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YouTube: https://t.co/H9xs5JzOOG Spotify: https://t.co/U9ShFSahGy Apple: https://t.co/Cpx9rdHD3U Email list:
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It looks like AI music is following the same path as AI text: 1) Appears to have passed the Turing Test, people are only 50/50 in identifying older Suno vs. human songs (but 60/40 when two songs are the same genre) 2) Same fast development, new models are getting better quickly.
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Grok on Twitter is one of the most positive uses I have seen for AI combatting falsehoods. It's my go-to sign for hope.
The net effect of Grok on the Twitter experience has been extremely positive. So much of the misinformation you see is low-hanging fruit that can be easily dispelled by a simple @ grok query
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