Introduction to AI Does Not Pose an Existential Risk to Humanity This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. You can use/share it anyway you want, provided you attribute it to me (Blair Fix) and link to Economics from the Top Down. ABOUT THIS ARTICLE – Editor I was first introduced to … Read more
While our American neighbors to the South would like to paint themselves as free traders, in fact, they are the probably world’s most successful protectionists. After two rounds of free trade deals in the last 30 years or so, we’ve lost a huge amount of manufacturing and processing jobs – most notably in softwood lumber … Read more
VIRTUE SIGNALLING IN CANADA’S PARLIAMENT Anthony Rota resigns as Speaker of the House of CommonsPublished September 26, 2023 On September 26th of this year, we were treated to a media frenzy surrounding the Speaker of the House’s decision to honour a Ukrainian army veteran from the Second World War. Yarolslav Hunka was born in Urman, … Read more
PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND (HUNTING FOR UNICORNS – PART 3) Government bureaucrats and high-tech CEOs from around the world make their bi-annual pilgrimage to Silicon Valley – DALL-E Image Creator As we’ve seen earlier, many factors probably contribute to a ‘healthy’ startup ecosystem. This article delves deeper into the private equity firms that fund … Read more
Today, Canadians are embroiled in a political scandal involving Chinese interference in our elections. I was watching the National News on CBC about a young Canadian who died of a drug overdose linked to Bromazolam . According to the story: Still, the source of the majority of synthetic drugs flooding North American markets isn’t hard … Read more