I already liked Acemoglu; this is a great article.
For background, Acemoglu won the 2024 Nobel in Economics [1] with Simon Johnson. I very much like their book "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" [2]. Quoting Wikipedia [3] "Power and Progress argues that technologies do not automatically yield social goods." The book also makes policy proposals which include a digital advertising tax.
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[ 7.0 ms ] story [ 17.7 ms ] threadFor background, Acemoglu won the 2024 Nobel in Economics [1] with Simon Johnson. I very much like their book "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" [2]. Quoting Wikipedia [3] "Power and Progress argues that technologies do not automatically yield social goods." The book also makes policy proposals which include a digital advertising tax.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41836078
[2] https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/daron-acemoglu/powe...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daron_Acemoglu#Power_and_Progr...