Classic, old-school, tired, post-truth tactics. Hope everyone reads "Post-Truth" by @leecmcintyre.bsky.social. We need more #criticalthinking and #medialiteracy.
The @nytimes.com today reported on the possible insolvency of #socialsecurity in 2032. Upriver Press is ahead of that game by providing a book, written by the leading economist on the issue, full of bipartisan solutions. Contact your lawmakers.
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At noon Eastern Time today, Upriver Press author Dr. John Turner will be discussing the need to reform #socialsecurity. Sponsored by The New School. Turner will explore reform proposals and #retirement challenges facing future generations. Register here: event.newschool.edu/socialsecuri...
Nobel Prize-winning economist Bengt Holmström says this about the new Upriver Press book "Messy Jobs."
"The authors use simple, powerful logic to illuminate how AI will reshape work and organizations."
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#AI #work #economics #business
This trend all started in the early 1980s, as our book "Inequality by Design" shows. According to a 2020 RAND study titled "Trends in Income from 1975 to 2018," nearly $50 trillion flowed from the bottom 99% to the top 1%. www.upriverpress.com/home/inequal...
The Pope recently uploaded some theology about the ethics of AI. A reminder that technology ethics should matter. upriverpress.substack.com/p/the-pope-u...
#AI #ethics #economics #work
The documentary "Turn Every Page" is an inspiring portrayal of a 50-year friendship between author Robert Caro and editor Robert Gottlieb. As #AI invades the #publishing industry, one tragic loss could be meaningful friendships. Hope that does not happen.
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The new Upriver Press book "Messy Jobs: The Work That AI Cannot Reach" was just featured in The Atlantic. Read the article here: www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...
#AI #jobs #work #books #economics
It always helps when people learn about these complex issues by reading books by scholars. Today's US inequality is the downstream result of five decades of policy choices. www.upriverpress.com/home/inequal...
Pope on #AI: If we allow "the logic of efficiency, control, and profit alone shape personal, social, and economic decisions," we risk "reducing creation to an object of exploitation and human beings to mere cogs in a system driven to ever greater efficiency." www.vatican.va/content/leo-...