Asterisk Magazine

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Rigorous writing on forecasting, biosecurity, economics, AI, and global development.

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• We Are All Playable Characters #Tech #Economics #Future

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  Nov 11, 2026

• How to Turn a Philanderer Into a Father #Economics #Biosecurity #GlobalDev

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  Nov 3, 2026

• Why Don't We Live in an Art Nouveau World? #Architecture #Design #Culture

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  Oct 27, 2026

• Six Gutenberg Revolutions in a Row #History #Technology #Innovation

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  Oct 20, 2026

• A Brief History of Our Place in the Universe #Science #Universe #Future

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  Oct 14, 2026

• Living Well #Philosophy #Wellbeing #Lifestyle

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  Oct 14, 2026

• The Dream of an Aristotelian Machine #AI #Philosophy #FutureTech

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  Oct 14, 2026

• What Will Happen to Indian IT? #Economics #GlobalDevelopment #AI

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  Oct 6, 2026

• So You Think You Could Be An Electrician? #Careers #SkilledTrades #Vocational

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  Sep 29, 2026

• How Zambia Approved an HIV Drug in 12 Days #Health #Africa #Policy

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  Sep 22, 2026

• The Unacknowledgeable Work of Pastors' Wives #Religion #Community #WorkLife

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  Sep 15, 2026

• The Destruction of the Scottish Canon #History #Culture #Literature

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  Sep 8, 2026

• After Work, We'll Have Each Other #Forecasting #Economics #GlobalDevelopment

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  Sep 1, 2026

• What To Expect When You're Expecting (A World of Multi-Agent Systems) #AI #Forecasting #Economics

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  Aug 18, 2026

• Why We Like Things #Psychology #Behavior #Curiosity

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  Aug 11, 2026

• How Diplomats See the World #Diplomacy #GlobalAffairs #InternationalRelations

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  Aug 4, 2026

• Beware the Permanent Periphery #Economics #GlobalDevelopment #Forecasting

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  Jul 28, 2026

• All Work and No Play #WorkLife #Productivity #FutureOfWork

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  Jul 21, 2026

• Rust and Boll #AI #Economics #GlobalDevelopment

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  Jul 21, 2026

• Saving Academics from Themselves #Academia #Research #FutureOfWork

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  Jul 1, 2026

• In Praise of Observational Evidence #Science #Research #Evidence

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  Jun 30, 2026

• The Doomers Are All Right #Forecasting #Economics #AI

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  Jun 23, 2026

• Engineering Peace #PeaceTech #GlobalSecurity #FutureStudies

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  Jun 16, 2026

• We're All One Crisis Away From Taking Unlicensed Research Peptides #Biosecurity #Health #Research

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  Jun 3, 2026

• Selling Abstraction #Economics #AI #Forecasting

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  May 27, 2026

• Boarding China's Last Bus #China #Economics #GlobalDevelopment

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  May 20, 2026

• These Wild Young People #Future #Society #Culture

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  May 13, 2026

• Rust in Numbers #Tech #Programming #Data

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  May 6, 2026

• Are Prediction Markets Good for Anything? #Forecasting #Markets #Economics

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  Apr 29, 2026

• How Long Until AI Doesn't Need Humans? #AI #Future #Technology

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  Apr 22, 2026

• Shall We Play a Game? #AI #Forecasting #Economics

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  Apr 22, 2026

• Risk-Adjusted Return #Finance #Economics #Investing

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  Apr 15, 2026

• The Mystery in the Medicine Cabinet #Health #Science #Economics

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  Apr 15, 2026

• The Institute Behind Taiwan's Chip Dominance #Technology #Economics #GlobalDevelopment

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