Browsing: Letter from London
Mention of Brazil’s ‘market reserve policy’ is still capable of sending a chill through technology enthusiasts of a certain age. Introduced in the 1970s, when the country…
When the supply of toilet paper started running out back in 2013, the Venezuelan authorities came up with a novel explanation. “95% of people eat…
By design, central banks are cautious. Protecting a nation’s currency and financial stability are serious matters, ill-suited to risk-taking and chancy…
When Demis Hassabis was 6 years old, he remembers his father giving him the age-old reassurance prompt used every day…
There was a simple narrative about Rishi Sunak when he was defeated in the U.K. general election of 2024. The…
When the bombs started raining down on Iran on February 28, many business leaders hoped the conflict would be short and the…
“What torments of grief you’ve endured from evils that never arrived,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson, the 19th-century American philosopher and writer. Millions of…
Summer Yue isn’t the most famous employee at Meta. The director of “superintelligence alignment and safety research” posts pictures of herself walking her dog on the beach and messages about testing the honesty…
For pranksters of a certain age, Fraser Smeaton is a hero. With his brother, Ali, and former roommate, Gregor Lawson,…
Few would choose the humble showerhead when asked to name a product vital to the world’s sustainable future. Unless you are a…