Archive - The Exformation Newsletter

Clarifying the picture over teen mental health

A graph I published last year included an error. This piece corrects the error, walks through the full recalculation, and then describes some surprising…

Feb 19 •

December 2023

Another year is coming to a close without a federal privacy bill

State initiatives and congressional inertia have left privacy law in limbo. Here are the scenarios gamed out.

Dec 14, 2023 •

November 2023

Unpacking the Executive Order on AI

The new AI Executive Order deserves closer legal scrutiny. Most are underweighting the legal challenges and problems to rule of law.

Nov 9, 2023 •

August 2023

Silicon innovation is colliding with jurisdictional steel

From DoNotPay's Supreme Court ambitions to the modern 'AI License Raj', regulatory frameworks are challenging the development of AI-driven services.

Aug 7, 2023 •

June 2023

May 2023

King Tut's meteorite dagger: A weapon from the heavens

Tutankhamun's iron dagger was more expensive than his gold one. Its story highlights the significance of minerals in the study of history and political…

May 16, 2023 •

March 2023

Unraveling the mystery: How FDA regulations kept COVID tests out of reach just a year ago

FDA red tape hindered COVID test availability. It is a familiar narrative that echoes the challenges faced by the first-ever pregnancy tests in the…

Mar 30, 2023 •

February 2023

Reasons to celebrate Trump's return to Facebook

Meta's reinstatement of Trump's accounts show the power of self-regulatory organizations.

Feb 21, 2023 •

January 2023

Population growth is stalling. Here is what it means for politics and economics.

Aging demographics will mean less creative destruction, fewer startups, misallocation, and increased pressure on political and social institutions.

Jan 24, 2023 •

October 2022

The abundance agenda

Context to my recent Boston Review piece, the Henry Adams curve, and a list of action items to make the abundance agenda happen

Oct 15, 2022 •

July 2022

The attention economy: a history of the term, its economics, its value, and how it is changing politics

Work your way to the end. I explain why TikTok users value the site by $5,600 per year and why the politics of attention explains Cambridge Analytica…

Jul 20, 2022 •

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