If you graph the history of economic growth, it looks a lot like a hockey stick laid on the ground with its blade sticking up ...
Every fall since 2020 I have been teaching energy economics in Northwestern University’s Master of Science in Energy and Sustainability (MSES) program. I team teach with my friend Mark Witte, and my ...
On April 30, 1993, the European research organization known as CERN released Tim Berners-Lee’s code for the World Wide Web into the public domain. The internet has many components but this innovation ...
On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the transistor age and the era of modern computing.
Looking at the history of technology, however, the pronouncements that have been made about generative AI and work can be better understood as marketing tactics to create hype, gain new users, and ...
Equal Opportunity and Non-discrimination at Princeton University: Princeton University believes that commitment to equal opportunity for all is favorable to the free and open exchange of ideas, and ...
“This is a profound moment in the history of technology,” says Mustafa Suleyman. DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman wants to build a chatbot that does a whole lot more than chat. In a recent ...