Amazing - China’s CO2 emissions have already peaked and are now falling.

We’ve already entered a multipolar world: - China surpassed the US as the world’s largest economy in 2016 (as measured by purchasing power parity) - In 2020, the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) overtook the G7’s share of global GDP. These two

The cognitive dissonance between ending support for Ukraine and going neocon for Israel is causing MAGA’s head to explode

I had coffee last week with a senior director at a large investment firm. They said they’re not planning to hire this coming year (they are normally one of the largest private equity recruiters globally) and next year they’re planning to reduce headcount by around 20%. All

Enthusiastic adoption of new technology is a modern Chinese trait. You can see this very clearly in the classroom. For example, training in AI is now mandatory for high school students in China. In Beijing, even children as young as 6 now have AI classes. While Western

It’s striking the difference in attitude towards AI at work between Westerners and East Asians. A recent IPSOS study showed that 2/3 of people in the US and Europe are scared of the impact of AI on their jobs and uncertain of how to take advantage of it. In East Asia (eg.

This attempt to ban foreign students from Harvard won’t stop with Harvard. If they fall, every university in the US is next. There’s nothing special or different about Harvard & its diverse student body. Harvard is simply bring made an example of to terrify all the others to

Suddenly Genesis starts to make sense “In the Beginning was the Prompt…”

“Civilisations are not murdered. Instead they take their own lives”. - historian Arnold Toynbee Ht @RnaudBertrand for the quote

Hollywood is cooked. How long before the first fully AI generated film is released in cinemas and reaches $100mn? My guess is before end of this year.

I recently spoke to a friend who’s a entrepreneur who’s launched successful healthcare businesses in more than 10 countries. I asked him which country has the most dysfunctional healthcare system, and he replied without hesitation “the US“. Americans pay double for their

A trade deal has been announced, stocks are leaping but the yield on 10 yr treasuries is still rising. This is not good.

Update: in a more recent interview, Hassibis now thinks AI will help us cure all disease within about “ten years” We live in astonishing times

The Fed is caught in a bind. It has a dual mandate: to both maximise employment and keep prices stable. But what should it do if we enter the dreaded stagflation scenario, when inflation jumps AND we enter a recession? There’s every chance that this is what we are about to

It’s over. If even Japan will not side with the US in efforts to contain China, what chance of the US persuading any other nation to do so?

The world clearly needs to be paying more attention to what’s happening between India and Pakistan right now

This is a truly extraordinary number: according to the latest IRENA report ( https://t.co/VQXSke7Qt2), 64% (almost 2/3rd) of the world's renewable energy added in 2024 was added in China. At this stage China is almost single-handedly driving the global energy transition. For