Robert D. Atkinson

Founder & Senior FeIlow, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (@ITIFdc), top-ranked tech policy think tank. Proud Hamiltonian & Schumpeterian

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@adamkovac Ah i am in that category. :). Anyone opposing data centers loses my vote.

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The semiconductor and data center boom should not be confused with with a broad manufacturing cap ex boom

https://t.co/XHeDfXzM77

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Proof Americans dont understand economics: 65% say AI will eliminate many jobs, but only 20% think it will make people more productive. https://t.co/ETr4bW6pW7

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And they wonder why people think so much of academic work is BS: An article on "The Social Construction of Scientistic Selves in Otherkin Facebook Groups" Cant make this shit up
https://t.co/ykOaM1E0Ed

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Lets catch up to reality. China is now more innovation friendly than the US. They have the permissionless innovation we once enjoyed. We are not only making innovators ask permission we are attacking them

https://t.co/iiKyqyU9bA

@AdamThierer

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@adamkovac Great. Lets turn into India where there is massive make work but pitifully low incomes

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@RAVerBruggen We could start by indexing Social Security to inflation and not nominal wage

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@DorotheaBaur Wait, I thought you and others all hated AI companies. Even though they’re one of the few industries that are long-term.

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@pewresearch 2 % high income people use a food pantry. What the heck

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@pewresearch And 57% don’t understand data centers. 😃

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@ScottPaulAAM @KeepitMadeinUSA @nytimes I remember talking to an Obama official who said that Chinese cheap imports are benefit to the US because consumers are better off. And I’m trying to stupid enough to subsidize us. We should let them.

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@AlecStapp Bill’s idea of solving climate climate is for everyone to live in Hobbiton.

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@70sBachchan @JesseJenkins Nah. Most of this is policy induced. Poiciea neutral between ICE and EV would see much slower EV growth

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@atrembath @DoctorVive Yeah communsist countries have no pollution

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@CharlesFLehman I didnt know that we need make work for mathemeticians

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Most people’s reaction to any uncertainty, including technological uncertainty, fear. But experts, journalists, and pundits and should not given to fear https://t.co/08PbVjHwUe

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@tomroussey7news Its okay to lose jobs even if they are as safe as losing jobs means lower prices for consumers

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@SteveRattner @nytopinion You are wrong. Look at the bea data

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@AdamThierer @reasonpolicy @WSJ This is good stuff but not new to anyone who has embraced logic and willingness to not succumb to group think

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@joefrancis505 @insteconomics Nah. You are denying 30 to 40 years of CCP techno econ aggression