Gabriel Weinberg

China has a major working-age population advantage through at least 2075 Given this advantage, they have a path to dwarf the U.S. economy

🆕✍️ China has a major working-age population advantage through at least 2075. Given this advantage, they have a path to dwarf the U.S. economy. gabrielweinberg.com/p/china-has-...

Introducing Duck Tales New audio/video interview series taking you inside DuckDuckGo

🆕✍️ Introducing Duck Tales: New audio/video interview series taking you inside DuckDuckGo gabrielweinberg.com/p/introducin...

Total Factor Productivity needs a rebrand (and if you don't know what that is you probably should). The name of this hidden driver of prosperity is unappealing and not self-defining to mainstream people. What should it be called instead?

🆕✍️ Total Factor Productivity needs a rebrand (and if you don't know what that is you probably should).

gabrielweinberg.com/p/total-fact...

🆕✍️ Is consumer AI heading for a duopoly? gabrielweinberg.com/p/consumer-a...

The paradox of progress If progress = rising living standards, why doesn’t a progress agenda command top billing in U.S. politics?

🆕✍️ The paradox of progress gabrielweinberg.com/p/the-parado...

If progress = rising living standards, why doesn’t a progress agenda command top billing in U.S. politics?
• Timescale mismatch.
• Change aversion.
• Lacking urgency.

The overlooked front in the browser wars Seamless workflows bridging search, browsing, and AI

🆕✍️ The overlooked front in the browser wars gabrielweinberg.com/p/the-overlo...

What banning AI surveillance should look like, at a minimum Prohibited practices, others that face higher scrutiny, and the rest at least transparent and optional

🆕✍️ What banning AI surveillance should look like, at a minimum gabrielweinberg.com/p/what-banni...

Prohibited practices, others that face higher scrutiny, and the rest at least transparent and optional

On reddit, roughly 500 views = 1 click 175,000 reddit views generated just 310 clicks, a 0.18% CTR

🆕✍️ On reddit, roughly 500 views = 1 click gabrielweinberg.com/p/on-reddit-...

A U.S.-China tech tie is a big win for China because of its population advantage China’s population is declining, but UN projections show it will remain at least twice the size of the U.S.

🆕✍️ A U.S.-China tech tie is a big win for China because of its population advantage gabrielweinberg.com/p/a-us-china...

AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time. All the same privacy harms with online tracking are also present with AI, but worse.

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AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time. All the same privacy harms with online tracking are also present with AI, but worse.

gabrielweinberg.com/p/ai-surveil...

My statement on the US v Google remedies: x.com/DuckDuckGo/s....

Tl;dr 👎 for consumers. Monopoly business continues as usual for Google.

Progress isn't automatic It takes considerable effort, education, organization, and money

🆕✍️ Progress isn't automatic: It takes considerable effort, education, organization, and money

Blog post link: gabrielweinberg.com/p/progress-i...

Musings on evergreen content Building an audience for ideas that last

🆕 ✍️ Musings on evergreen content

Blog post link: gabrielweinberg.com/p/musings-on...

(I actually put this out on Sat but forgot to post to social.)

Rule #3: Every decision involves trade-offs One of the universal rules of decision-making is that every decision involves trade-offs.

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Rule #3: Every decision involves trade-offs

9 ways DuckDuckGo's Search Assist Differs from Google’s AI Overviews Seeking better UX for AI-assisted search answers at DuckDuckGo

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9 ways DuckDuckGo's Search Assist Differs from Google’s AI Overviews: Seeking better UX for AI-assisted search answers at DuckDuckGo

The key to increasing standard of living is increasing labor productivity Unpacking this counterintuitive conclusion

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The key to increasing standard of living is increasing labor productivity: Unpacking this counterintuitive conclusion

Most chatbot users miss this key setting, so we moved it up front Making it easier and more intuitive to change the system prompt in duck.ai

🆕 post: Most chatbot users miss this key setting, so we moved it up front.

gabrielweinberg.com/p/most-chatb...

The debate over a potential economic bump from AI points to a much larger economic opportunity. We can turn temporary economic productivity bumps into permanent higher economic growth through sustained higher investment in basic research.

🆕 post: The debate over a potential economic bump from AI points to a much larger economic opportunity.

We can turn temporary economic productivity bumps into permanent higher economic growth through sustained higher investment in basic research.

gabrielweinberg.com/p/ai-product...

States should be allowed to regulate AI because realistically Congress won't Let’s not give AI a decade-long free pass from regulation.

🆕 post: States should be allowed to regulate AI because realistically Congress won't—Let’s not give AI a decade-long free pass from regulation.

gabrielweinberg.com/p/states-sho...

Rule #2: There are always underlying assumptions. When properly assessing any conclusion, it is essential to enumerate the underlying assumptions.

New post.

Rule #2: There are always underlying assumptions.

gabrielweinberg.com/p/rule-2-the...

Issues with widespread bipartisan agreement that never go anywhere A marker for why we need more structural governance reform.

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Issues with widespread bipartisan agreement that never go anywhere: A marker for why we need more structural governance reform.

U.S. AI-labor protests could eventually resemble the French Yellow-Vest protests When millions recently took to the streets over economic insecurity.

New post: U.S. AI-labor protests could eventually resemble the French Yellow-Vest protests

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How science funding literally pays for itself By growing the economy enough that future tax revenues exceed initial expenditure.

New post: How science funding literally pays for itself (By growing the economy enough that future tax revenues exceed initial expenditure.) gabrielweinberg.com/p/how-scienc...

Baby deer in our yard.

Found this baby deer hanging out in our yard this morning.

Will the AI backlash spill into the streets? The answer hinges on how severe and prolonged the economic disruption becomes—particularly for jobs.

New post: Will the AI backlash spill into the streets?

gabrielweinberg.com/p/will-the-a...

Yes, watched both and thought both were great. We're on the same page.

Streaming update: now enjoying Murderbot and The Rehearsal (Season 2), but they only put out one episode a week, so other similar suggestions are very welcomed.

Tech tip from a colleague: you can AirDrop iOS app builds (.ipa) directly from your Mac to your phone and it will install it automatically, which is much faster than plugging in your phone via a cable and going through Configurator.

Americans’ tolerance for lengthy economic disruption due to tariffs is seemingly very low. A potential pitfall for future “short-term pain, long-term gain” economic policy proposals.

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New post: Americans’ tolerance for lengthy economic disruption due to tariffs is seemingly very low.

Science funding was already way too low. Restoring the status quo is not good enough; we should increase federal research funding to something like three times the previous level.

New post: Science funding was already way too low.

Restoring the status quo is not good enough; we should increase federal research funding to something like three times the previous level.

thegreatrace.substack.com/p/science-fu...