Andrew McAfee

@amcafee

Curious about the impact of technology. Co-author of The Second Machine Age ()

Boston, MA
andrewmcafee.org/blog
Joined June 2008
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  1. 48 minutes ago

    Coding is apparently slightly fun. "Our results indicate that software developers are a slightly happy population"

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  2. 2 hours ago

    .'s home value "Zestimates" are pretty good. The ones generated by this competition will be better.

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  3. 3 hours ago

    Thanks to AI / ML, we'll soon hear a lot of cool new sounds and music.

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    Jun 1

    "Since iOS and Android require no special permissions to access the gyro, apps & active web content can eavesdrop on speech in the vicinity"

    Gah! Your gyroscope can pick up on your voice!
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  5. 6 hours ago

    Ow.

    Great summary of the Evergreen mobbing of HxA member , in todays NYT, by with fun quote:
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    8 hours ago

    Join and Monday, June 26 at the Harvard Book Store for a talk and book signing.

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    21 hours ago

    Physiognomy’s New Clothes – Blaise Aguera y Arcas – Medium

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    Jun 1

    Excited to join these amazing colleagues on the scientific advisory board of the ! See you all next week!

    Get to know our Scientific Advisory Board before Tues: Advances & Challenges in
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  9. Retweeted
    23 hours ago

    : Iceland fixed its teen substance-abuse problem by giving them something better to do

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  10. Retweeted
    Jun 1

    Here is my latest on the debate over automation's impact on jobs

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    Jun 1

    Of course, I need to credit for the idea behind that quote. :-)

    "rationality is like a lawyer hired to justify decisions made by our feelings"
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  12. Jun 1

    It appears that the Basque are so distinct because they avoided waves of migration that affected the rest of Europe.

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  13. Jun 1

    Yep.

    Replying to @wfrick
    Basically the answer to everything on robots, jobs, wages, and productivity is: there's massive variance between firms
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    Jun 1
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    And though new business starts are down, # growth startups is up in lots of places

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  15. Jun 1

    Feels that way, doesn't it? I'd love to be corrected, but I don't see how "the market" is going to fix this problem…

    I think we need new labor laws to address unstable work hours.
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  16. Jun 1

    America has a thorny and persistent poverty problem

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    Jun 1

    $1M+ will be awarded to orgs using technology to create shared prosperity; registration closes June 7, 6:00PM ET

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  18. Jun 1

    Tesla should watch out for the German carmakers: or vice versa...

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  19. Jun 1

    TIL that the game Monopoly was actually invented by a female progressive anti-monoplist

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    Jun 1

    How UK wages have fallen dramatically blog post in

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