First Derivative [48]
US intelligence—bots — platform governance — North Korea — Apple Watch — anti-Semitism — abortion — USD bear — Amazon Health — Amazon AI
first Derivative [48]
February 2, 2018
US intelligence—bots — platform governance — North Korea — Apple Watch — anti-Semitism — abortion — USD bear — Amazon Health — Amazon AI
The “Grand Bargain” at Risk: What’s at Stake When the President Alleges Politics in Intelligence
by Jack Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes (Lawfare)
A very fair and cogent analysis about the current fight and its larger implications. Highly recommend if you’re having a hard time keeping track of what’s going on.—TK
The Follower Factory
by Nicholas Confessore, Gabriel J.X. Dance, Richard Harris, and Mark Hansen (The New York Times)
Strongly recommend to understand the importance of bots to our future culture, politics, and economics—TK
The politics of platforms
by Mark Bunting (Medium)
“From the platforms’ perspective, many of these issues are externalities; from a civic perspective, they raise profound concerns.”
White House Wants Pentagon to Offer More Options on North Korea
by Mark Landler and Helene Cooper (The New York Times)
“the Pentagon, they say, is worried that the White House is moving too hastily toward military action on the Korean Peninsula that could escalate catastrophically.”
Apple Watch Is a Bridge to the Future
by Neil Cybart (Above Avalon)
“Apple Watch is giving wearers a glimpse of the future by introducing new ideas around how artificial intelligence, voice, digital assistants, and smart sensors can come together to produce a new kind of experience.”
How Anti-Semitism’s True Origin Makes It Invisible to The Left
by John-Paul Pagano (Forward)
“this failure of the left is less a result of malice rather than unconscious wiring. As I will argue, the left is doomed to erase anti-Semitism because it’s ill-equipped to understand it.”
The Abortion Memo
by David Brooks (The New York Times)
“But do we want late-term abortion so much that we are willing to tolerate President Trump?”
The U.S. dollar bear market is confirmed. What are the implications?
(13D Research)
“Crude oil, oilfield services, metals and mining, materials and industrials could all experience faster growth relative to their recent trends. Emerging market economies are likely to benefit from a growing influx of capital as the dollar weakens”
Amazon Health
by Ben Thompson (Stratechery)
“What would make more sense to me is that, having first built an interface for its employees, and then a standardized infrastructure for its health care suppliers, is that Amazon converts the latter into a marketplace where PBMs, insurance administrators, distributors, and pharmacies have to compete to serve employees.”
Inside Amazon’s Artificial Intelligence Flywheel
by Steven Levy (WIRED)
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