Adrian Wooldridge

Artificial intelligence is on its way to becoming the greatest grievance-producing machine the world has seen. Economic revolutions have always been followed by powerful backlashes on the part of the aggrieved. In Britain, Luddites smashed the power looms that took their jobs in the 1810s and, in the US, populists raged against the giant companies that reordered their lives after the Civil War. Unless properly handled, the AI transformation will produce rebellions on a scale we have never seen b

ARTIFICIAL intelligence is on its way to becoming the greatest grievance-producing machine the world has seen.

AI môže vyvolať vzburu, akú sme ešte nezažili Všetky dôvody masovej nespokojnosti sú pri revolúcii AI vyhrotenejšie

The Davos set and the MAGA mob are usually like cats and dogs. But when it comes to the relationship between globalization and nationalism, they are as one. They both believe that you must choose between the two — or at least that the more of one you have, the less of the other.

The rise of the liberal order in the 19th century depended on two revolutions. The most obvious was in the political sphere, where reformers restrained over-mighty rulers with a combination of constitutional rules and individual rights. But just as important was the transformation of the business world that created public companies, answerable to their shareowners rather than the government.

The most obvious was in the political sphere, where reformers restrained over-mighty rulers with a combination of constitutional rules and individual rights.

The rise of the liberal order in the 19th century depended on two revolutions. The most obvious was in the political sphere, where reformers restrained over-mighty rulers with a combination

The one thing we know about Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, other than that he’s from the north, is that he wants to devolve more power to local government. On everything else he has been vague. Public ownership of utilities? The details are in the post. A closer relationship with the European Union? Fine so long as it doesn’t disturb the results of the Brexit referendum? But the former mayor of Manchester has no choice but to deliver something substantial on devolution, his signature

Entrepreneurs are the heroes of capitalism. They create something out of nothing — products where there were no products, jobs where there were no jobs — and in the process boost the productive power of the economy. Nothing spurs job creation or innovation like a successful startup.