Dayton, OH Correspondent — Targeted support for genuine chokepoints can be justified. Broad multi-year programs across many sectors risk permanent dependence and political allocation. The manufacturing construction number is the striking thing this year. Spending on factory building has roughly doubled and it's concentrated in semiconductors and batteries, which is the policy working exactly as … Continue reading Should the federal government continue large-scale industrial-policy subsidies for strategic sectors, and should it pursue explicit decoupling from China in critical technologies or managed interdependence?
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Will the rapid adoption of generative AI tools produce a measurable surge in productivity, or primarily displace mid-skill cognitive work?
Dayton, OH Correspondent — Both, and the historical pattern with general-purpose technology is net gains over time with significant transition costs for specific occupations. What the early studies show is interesting and not what either camp expected. The largest gains go to the least experienced workers — the tool raises the floor more than the … Continue reading Will the rapid adoption of generative AI tools produce a measurable surge in productivity, or primarily displace mid-skill cognitive work?
Is the current scale of U.S. border encounters sustainable under existing asylum and immigration law, or does it require legislative change?
Wheeling, WV Correspondent — The encounters and the backlog have exceeded the capacity of the law and the infrastructure for several years, and December is running at a record. Catch and release, multi-year waits, and asylum standards written for a different era have produced a de facto policy that neither secures a border nor processes … Continue reading Is the current scale of U.S. border encounters sustainable under existing asylum and immigration law, or does it require legislative change?
How should democratic societies regulate rapidly advancing artificial intelligence without stifling innovation or concentrating power in a few large firms?
Prescott Valley, AZ Correspondent — Regulate high-risk applications rather than attempting to license every model. Systems that touch safety, credit, employment, or an election. Transparency about training data and limitations, plus clear liability for severe harms, creates accountability without freezing development. The hardest problem is preventing the rules from becoming a barrier only the largest … Continue reading How should democratic societies regulate rapidly advancing artificial intelligence without stifling innovation or concentrating power in a few large firms?
Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcripts from Milestone 20th Annual Symposium
Four-day Orlando gathering marked two decades of independent research and commentary with a keynote address by Digger Cartwright, anniversary champagne toasts, and wide-ranging discussion of the economic, political, and institutional issues shaping the United States Myrtle Beach, SC, Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. January 2, 2024—Thinking Outside the Boxe has released the transcripts of the … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcripts from Milestone 20th Annual Symposium
Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Special Guest Address by Robert M. Clinger III from Milestone 20th Annual Symposium
Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. January 2, 2024—Thinking Outside the Boxe has released the transcript of founder Robert M. Clinger III's special guest address at the 20th Annual Symposium, held December 28–31, 2023, in Orlando, Florida. The transcript of Mr. Clinger's speech follows: Good evening. Thank you for that warm welcome. I have listened to … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Special Guest Address by Robert M. Clinger III from Milestone 20th Annual Symposium
Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Keynote Address by Digger Cartwright from Milestone 20th Annual Symposium
Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. January 2, 2024—The office of Digger Cartwright has released the transcript of Mr. Cartwright’s speech delivered at Thinking Outside the Boxe's 20th Annual Symposium, held December 28–31, 2023, in Orlando, Florida. The transcript of Mr. Cartwright’s speech follows. Good evening. Thank you all for being here. It is good to … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Keynote Address by Digger Cartwright from Milestone 20th Annual Symposium
Should federal courts intervene earlier to police venue in the documents and January 6 prosecutions, or is forum-shopping an accepted feature of American criminal practice that has only become a scandal because of the caption?
Myrtle Beach, SC Forum-shopping is a feature of ordinary criminal practice the way rain is a feature of a beach vacation. Everybody knows it happens, and that does not mean a hurricane is just weather. But before I make that argument I have to deal with something inconvenient, because I spent a week with the … Continue reading Should federal courts intervene earlier to police venue in the documents and January 6 prosecutions, or is forum-shopping an accepted feature of American criminal practice that has only become a scandal because of the caption?
Was the Fulton County racketeering indictment a conventional use of a state RICO statute against an alleged effort to overturn a certified result, or a county prosecutor’s attempt to nationalize a political dispute the voters were already going to retry?
Gastonia, NC The word doing the work in this indictment is "enterprise," and I want to start there because I spent two days last week finding out that the word does not mean what I assumed it meant. My assumption, and I suspect most people's, was that a racketeering statute reaches organizations whose business is … Continue reading Was the Fulton County racketeering indictment a conventional use of a state RICO statute against an alleged effort to overturn a certified result, or a county prosecutor’s attempt to nationalize a political dispute the voters were already going to retry?
Should Ukraine receive cluster munitions and long-range systems sufficient to change the map this year, or would that aid widen the war without a defined political settlement?
Myrtle Beach, SC Correspondent — A weapon isn't a theory of enough. I won't moralize about cluster munitions as though the artillery already levelling blocks were a gentleman's tool. The question is whether a specific munition changes a line this year or only extends the burn while everyone keeps skipping the settlement paragraph. If a … Continue reading Should Ukraine receive cluster munitions and long-range systems sufficient to change the map this year, or would that aid widen the war without a defined political settlement?
