Congress Passes ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ Forgets What’s in It by Page 17
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an unprecedented bipartisan show of legislative maximalism, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”—or as insiders affectionately call it, “OBBBA,” pronounced like a prolonged groan of despair. Clocking in at over 7,000 pages, 11 titles, 109 subtitles, and what scientists are calling “a fractal of subparts,” the bill aims to...
Policy Meets Potential: Why We’re Reviewing The One Big Beautiful Bill Through the HAPI Lens
Imagine walking into a doctor’s office for your annual check-up. But instead of checking your blood pressure, asking about your sleep, or reviewing your habits, the doctor just steps back, gives you a thumbs-up based on your wardrobe, and says, “Looking good. Keep it up.” That’s how we often evaluate policy. We look at its aesthetics—cost, scope, who it benefits in...
The Machine That Rewrites Itself—and Why It Might Just Rethink the Future of Work
In the spring of 2025, a curious event unfolded in the quiet logic of a computer somewhere in Vancouver. Read about the research at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22954 An AI system, designed not just to perform tasks but to reflect on its own design, rewrote part of its code. Then it did it again. And again. Each time, it tested whether it had improved....
Job, Work, and AI: Rethinking the Tool, the Task, and the Dream Job
Last weekend, over the usual Saturday noise—kids orchestrating a backyard mutiny, the lawn mower muttering its dissent, and a dog somewhere barking existential questions into the void—I had a conversation that lingered long past its time. https://youtu.be/9RhMTf_3s3g A young friend, fresh out of college and fresh into worry, asked: “Why even try? AI can do most of what I’m trained to...
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The Ouroboros of Intelligence: AI’s Unfolding Crisis of Collapse
Somewhere in the outskirts of Tokyo, traffic engineers once noticed a peculiar phenomenon. A single driver braking suddenly on a highway, even without cause, could ripple backward like a shockwave. Within minutes, a phantom traffic jam would form—no accident, no obstacle, just a pattern echoing itself until congestion became reality. Motion created stasis. Activity masked collapse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F_F2ajqvjw Welcome to the era...
Behind the Curtain: A White-Collar Bloodbath, Sponsored by Disruption™
Satirical Business & Career Intelligence AI Didn’t Steal Your Job—Your CEO Did, With a Slightly More Efficient Spreadsheet By TheMORKTimes | May 29, 2025 In a revelation that surprised absolutely no one with an Outlook calendar and a soul slowly eroded by Slack notifications, AI pioneer Dario Amodei has issued a chilling warning: Artificial Intelligence is poised to eviscerate entry-level white-collar jobs...
