#abrahamnewman — Public Fediverse posts

@jackwilliambell

Thank you for the link. A fresh & intelligent conversation between the interviewer and the two authors, and the framework developed by Goddard and Newman does help in making sense of what is happening. And us making sense of it certainly is urgently needed!

Have read the interview, will take time out to read the article!

#StacyGoddard #AbrahamNewman #Neoroyalism #Trump

As @henryfarrell and #AbrahamNewman describe so beautifully in their 2023 book *Underground Empire*, the American political establishment is keenly aware of how its chokepoints over global finance and manufacturing can be leveraged to advantage the US at the rest of the world's expense:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/10/weaponized-interdependence/#the-other-swifties

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XI. Underground Empire by @henryfarrell and #AbrahamNewman

Two political scientists tell the story of how global networks were built through accidents of history, mostly by American corporations and/or the American state. The web was built by accident, but the spider at its center was always the USA. At various junctures since the Cold War, American presidents, spies and military leaders have noticed this web and tugged it. A tariff here, a sanction there, then an embargo.

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But other political scientists sharply disagreed. Last year, @henryfarrell, #JeremyWallace and #AbrahamNewman published a thoroughgoing rebuttal to Harari in *#ForeignAffairs*:

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/spirals-delusion-artificial-intelligence-decision-making

They argued that - like everyone who gets excited about AI, only to have their hopes dashed - dictators seeking to use AI to understand the public mood would run into serious #TrainingData bias problems.

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