Pro-socialist views among millennials can be understood as a logical reaction to a "broken generational compact." When economic realities like crushing student debt and unaffordable housing prevent a generation from accumulating capital and gaining a stake in the system, they are naturally inclined to question or reject that system.
Leaders from Google, Nvidia, and SpaceX are proposing a shift of computational infrastructure to space. Google's Project Suncatcher aims to harness immense solar power for ML, while Elon Musk suggests lunar craters are ideal for quantum computing. Space is becoming the next frontier for core tech infrastructure, not just exploration.
Platforms like X and Instagram avoid offering integrated newsletter tools because they are fundamentally opposed to creators building portable audiences. Allowing users to export their followers via email is seen as ceding control of the audience, the platform's most valuable asset. This explains why X acquired and then shut down its newsletter service, Revue.
A notable ideological convergence is occurring between the progressive left (Ezra Klein's "abundance" agenda) and the tech-right (Palantir's Alex Karp). Both sides advocate for the US to adopt a more aggressive, China-like approach to building infrastructure and boosting industrial capacity, uniting them on a common goal of national development.
The debate around Jared Isaacman's nomination for NASA head highlights the central conflict in space policy: prioritizing the Moon (Artemis, countering China) versus Mars (SpaceX's goal). This strategic choice about celestial bodies, not political affiliation, is the defining challenge for NASA's next leader, with massive implications for funding and geopolitics.
Pundits who were correct about past tech bubbles (like crypto) are now making confidently wrong predictions about AI. This "Gell-Mann Amnesia" effect, where expertise doesn't transfer between domains, creates confusing paradoxes and forces readers to question the credibility of sources opining outside their core expertise.