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November 10, 2025
Low Earth Orbit Satellites Are Taking Off. Governments Need to Catch Up.
Satellite communications used to be the domain of weather forecasters, cable providers, and aerospace engineers. That changed when Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites came along—and when Elon Musk decided to launch thousands of them into space. Now, satellite broadband is no longer a technological curiosity. It’s an emerging infrastructure option with global implications for connectivity,…
November 7, 2025
Good Reads
My fall university tour continues with a visit to Johns Hopkins this week, Cornell next week, and the University of Wyoming on November 19. If you are local please come and say Hello, and a few of my talks will be live-streamed and/or recorded. In addition, I’ll be posting on some of my lectures. Today, I share some great…
November 6, 2025
The Global Population Crisis that Never Was
Thomas Malthus was a fan of pandemics. Writing in 1798 in his famous treatise on population growth, Malthus encouraged the spread of fatal diseases: “Instead of recommending cleanliness to the poor, we should encourage contrary habits.” He criticized “benevolent, but much mistaken men” who were seeking to eliminate fatal diseases, rather than see them as a way…
November 6, 2025
AI needs an innovative free market to grow — and only one country offers it
U.S. companies released 40 major AI models last year; China released 15, and Europe, just three. This is not an accident. Innovation thrives in environments that allow many ideas to compete, evolve and attract resources. The free market — not a government ministry — decides which ones deserve to grow. Artificial intelligence is transforming nearly every corner…
November 5, 2025
Will Wyoming Be the Token Seizure State?
We throw rocks in the stream, hoping to move the flow to a better channel. That’s one metaphor for what we do in public policy analysis and commentary. I have some boulders for you, Wyoming, and a shiny stone you might find attractive. The world of digital form-factor US dollars is not divided between private…
November 4, 2025
Online Hate Speech, Threats, and Incitement: Understanding Key Differences After Bondi’s Blunder
As commotion subsides over US Attorney General Pam Bondi’s gaffe following Charlie Kirk’s assassination about prosecutors targeting people who engage in online “hate speech,” it’s vital to distinguish hate speech from both true threats and incitement so that similar mistakes aren’t made. Here’s a recap of the controversy, followed by an overview of important distinctions…
November 3, 2025
Washington Working to Expand AI Globally: The Effort to Export American AI Infrastructure
The US Department of Commerce has launched what could become one of the most significant initiatives in the Administration’s AI Action Plan: the American AI Exports Program. This new effort positions the Department of Commerce as an active partner in expanding the global reach of American AI technologies: hardware, software, and models. This initiative marks…
November 1, 2025
Is AI a Circular Money Machine? 3 Reasons Not to Worry.
AI looks like a circular money machine. Microsoft owns a major stake in OpenAI, which in turn invests in AMD. Nvidia puts billions of dollars into OpenAI and holds equity in CoreWeave, one of Microsoft’s cloud suppliers. The same dollars are simply bouncing between balance sheets, rather than creating new economic activity. Equity markets are soaring, paying little mind to…
October 31, 2025
‘Adaptation’ Is Another Climate Boondoggle
Alex Flint and Kalee Kreider admit that ordinary central planning won’t reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Yet despite “the incredible ingenuity of people and markets,” they suggest a different form of central planning is needed: namely, adaptation in the form of “changing where and how we grow crops, and where people can safely live,” among other government-driven dislocations (“We Can’t…
October 31, 2025
Australian Regulator Takes Aim at Chatbots
Australia is rapidly developing a reputation for being the fastest e-regulator in the world. Not content with her world-leading legislation prohibiting under-16s from having social media accounts—taking effect on December 15—the e-Safety Commissioner has turned her sights to chatbots. On September 9, the Commissioner registered six new industry-drafted codes under Australia’s Online Safety Act…