Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson are honored for their work on how institutions form and affect differences in prosperity.
"Ideas are important in terms of giving people levers or giving people ways to think about the problems in their society."
"As the climate warms, we're going to need to use more and more energy on air-conditioning, and that's going to increase the burden ..."
"Just as China has prevented the free flow of internet traffic, this could further fragment the internet or reduce its efficiency and resiliency.
Question 3 provides an innovative way for Uber and Lyft drivers to bargain together to improve their working conditions.
Common ground is "where we get to use the energy of polarization to be creative and not just to get shocked and zapped into our own bubble."
In this podcast episode, digital fellow Matt Beane discussed how humans can learn to work with intelligent machines.
"If the court broke up Google, it wouldn't change these monopolistic conditions."
"As we move further forward and deeper into the AI era, we will need to calibrate — and no doubt regularly re-calibrate — AI safety measures."
"I hope that those who attended the workshop left feeling as motivated as I did myself to continue their entrepreneurial journey."
