#publicpolicy — Public Fediverse posts

'AMCs can send a strong and immediate signal that there is a market for a product, and do so without picking winning technologies at the start. They might help us solve many other important problems. And yet there have only been a handful to date'

#economics #marketIncentives #publicPolicy #healthPolicy #vaccines

https://worksinprogress.co/issue/how-to-start-an-advance-market-commitment/

'AMCs can send a strong and immediate signal that there is a market for a product, and do so without picking winning technologies at the start. They might help us solve many other important problems. And yet there have only been a handful to date'

#economics #marketIncentives #publicPolicy #healthPolicy #vaccines

https://worksinprogress.co/issue/how-to-start-an-advance-market-commitment/

RE: https://aus.social/@luciedigitalni/117080264218801777

'Fitzgerald is now calling on the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to publish an official homeowners-to-population ratio from person-level census data for Australia...the national census records dwelling tenure and, separately, each person's relationship to the household reference person, so both variables exist for every census'

#publicPolicy #ausPol #socialDemocracy

RE: https://aus.social/@luciedigitalni/117080264218801777

'Fitzgerald is now calling on the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to publish an official homeowners-to-population ratio from person-level census data for Australia...the national census records dwelling tenure and, separately, each person's relationship to the household reference person, so both variables exist for every census'

#publicPolicy #ausPol #socialDemocracy

'On August 23, 1971, Lewis F. Powell Jr., a corporate lawyer from Richmond, Virginia, penned what would become one of the most influential political documents of the 20th century...Powell's confidential memo was titled "Attack on American Free Enterprise System". Just two months later, President Nixon nominated Powell to the Supreme Court'

#usPol #publicPolicy #strategy

https://legalbeaglejackharding.substack.com/p/from-the-powell-memo-to-project-2025

'On August 23, 1971, Lewis F. Powell Jr., a corporate lawyer from Richmond, Virginia, penned what would become one of the most influential political documents of the 20th century...Powell's confidential memo was titled "Attack on American Free Enterprise System". Just two months later, President Nixon nominated Powell to the Supreme Court'

#usPol #publicPolicy #strategy

https://legalbeaglejackharding.substack.com/p/from-the-powell-memo-to-project-2025

'Replacing and diminishing trusted mediating institutions with advertising-surveillance platforms has been extraordinarily lucrative to Silicon Valley executives and investors...Now that tech giants *are* the institutions—and effectively in charge of U.S. industrial policy—they are getting a first-hand lesson in how corrosive to long-term planning institutional mistrust can be'

#dataCentre #genAI #technology #polycrisis #publicPolicy

https://www.patreon.com/MaxRead/posts/data-center-as-165864229

'Replacing and diminishing trusted mediating institutions with advertising-surveillance platforms has been extraordinarily lucrative to Silicon Valley executives and investors...Now that tech giants *are* the institutions—and effectively in charge of U.S. industrial policy—they are getting a first-hand lesson in how corrosive to long-term planning institutional mistrust can be'

#dataCentre #genAI #technology #polycrisis #publicPolicy

https://www.patreon.com/MaxRead/posts/data-center-as-165864229

'For years, more factories, more brands and more models looked like evidence of strength. In 2026, they look like excess capacity with a charging port'

#economics #market #ev #china #competition #publicPolicy

https://startupfortune.com/china-just-told-its-ev-industry-the-subsidies-are-over/

'For years, more factories, more brands and more models looked like evidence of strength. In 2026, they look like excess capacity with a charging port'

#economics #market #ev #china #competition #publicPolicy

https://startupfortune.com/china-just-told-its-ev-industry-the-subsidies-are-over/

AZ Mirror: Republicans cut healthcare spending. Now Arizonans are paying the price.

After three decades practicing in Arizona, I’ve never seen patients this afraid to seek care

https://azmirror.com/2026/08/05/republicans-cut-healthcare-spending-now-arizonans-are-paying-the-price/

#healthcare #publichealth #publicpolicy #insurance #economy #uspol

AZ Mirror: Republicans cut healthcare spending. Now Arizonans are paying the price.

After three decades practicing in Arizona, I’ve never seen patients this afraid to seek care

https://azmirror.com/2026/08/05/republicans-cut-healthcare-spending-now-arizonans-are-paying-the-price/

#healthcare #publichealth #publicpolicy #insurance #economy #uspol

Meet Daria Gritsenko, our newly appointed Professor of #AlgorithmicGovernance and #PublicPolicy, in the latest NewIn episode! She explores how algorithmic decision-making is transforming government and democracy: http://go.tum.de/164367

▶️ https://youtu.be/_DMHG4sRf-Q

#algorithms

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📷️A.Eckert

Meet Daria Gritsenko, our newly appointed Professor of #AlgorithmicGovernance and #PublicPolicy, in the latest NewIn episode! She explores how algorithmic decision-making is transforming government and democracy: http://go.tum.de/164367

▶️ https://youtu.be/_DMHG4sRf-Q

#algorithms

📹ProLehre
📷️A.Eckert

Dumb and Boring Times Ahead

AI has lately been solving a lot of long-standing problems that the researchers have been struggling with. At the face of it, it looks very glamourous, and no doubt that speeding up research is going to benefit all us in tremendous ways. But there’s a catch.

Researchers have already started relying a lot on AI, and we will soon lose the ability to innovate. AI will have an answer to every problem, and even though AI may not go rogue against humanity, we’ll be way too dependent on it.

There just won’t be fun in solving complex problems. We’ll keep prompting AI to do things for us. The intellectual muscle will fade out.

But all of that is not going to impact our species, just like we have lost our ability to hunt in the wild and that doesn’t affect us today in any negative way; but that’s true only till humanity doesn’t face any catastrophic event.

It’s survival of the fittest, and the fitness is dependent on the environment. And the environment does change unpredictably.

AI penetration is deepening and we have to prepare for what’s ahead, especially policy interventions in education, and maybe even banning AI use for minors.

See it this way – when you have a calculator, you won’t do a calculation on paper or in your mind. When you have a car, you won’t walk long distances. Similarly, learning – the process of learning matters. Learning is not just accumulation of knowledge, but your brain needs a process to build those synaptic connections that happen when you struggle and get confused and spend some time with it. Quick answers are like Googling, but knowing something is different from being able to apply that knowledge.

You might say that with AI, we are able to do a lot more in a short span of time. That’s true, but what you are describing is output. No doubt about the exponential increase in output. AI won’t hurt humanity at all but only when some catastrophic event happens. Remove all calculators and humans are now bad at mental math as compared to, say, our grandparents. Output has an inherent assumption of a favourable environment. For example, we are now bad at using bow and arrow like tribals, or identifying poisonous fruit, etc.

You might argue that we don’t need it anymore. But that’s exactly the point. There is no guarantee that an environment that is favourable now will remain favorable or get better in future. A few percent of people do leverage AI without losing their mental ability, but education and policy have to look at a statistical level.

It may sound pessimistic, but humans have come this far only due to our intellect. We have already seen what mindless scrolling does to our brains, especially children, and how easy it has become to manipulate us subtly through social media. Now imagine what outsourcing our thinking and developing an overwhelming amount of trust on an AI friend is setting us up for.

Are you prepared? Using AI while retaining our conscience may be easier said than done. The universe follows a path of least resistance, and we are no different.

Subscribe to get notified or follow the blog, and if you like what I write, please share it with your network 🙂

Dumb and Boring Times Ahead

AI has lately been solving a lot of long-standing problems that the researchers have been struggling with. At the face of it, it looks very glamourous, and no doubt that speeding up research is going to benefit all us in tremendous ways. But there’s a catch.

Researchers have already started relying a lot on AI, and we will soon lose the ability to innovate. AI will have an answer to every problem, and even though AI may not go rogue against humanity, we’ll be way too dependent on it.

There just won’t be fun in solving complex problems. We’ll keep prompting AI to do things for us. The intellectual muscle will fade out.

But all of that is not going to impact our species, just like we have lost our ability to hunt in the wild and that doesn’t affect us today in any negative way; but that’s true only till humanity doesn’t face any catastrophic event.

It’s survival of the fittest, and the fitness is dependent on the environment. And the environment does change unpredictably.

AI penetration is deepening and we have to prepare for what’s ahead, especially policy interventions in education, and maybe even banning AI use for minors.

See it this way – when you have a calculator, you won’t do a calculation on paper or in your mind. When you have a car, you won’t walk long distances. Similarly, learning – the process of learning matters. Learning is not just accumulation of knowledge, but your brain needs a process to build those synaptic connections that happen when you struggle and get confused and spend some time with it. Quick answers are like Googling, but knowing something is different from being able to apply that knowledge.

You might say that with AI, we are able to do a lot more in a short span of time. That’s true, but what you are describing is output. No doubt about the exponential increase in output. AI won’t hurt humanity at all but only when some catastrophic event happens. Remove all calculators and humans are now bad at mental math as compared to, say, our grandparents. Output has an inherent assumption of a favourable environment. For example, we are now bad at using bow and arrow like tribals, or identifying poisonous fruit, etc.

You might argue that we don’t need it anymore. But that’s exactly the point. There is no guarantee that an environment that is favourable now will remain favorable or get better in future. A few percent of people do leverage AI without losing their mental ability, but education and policy have to look at a statistical level.

It may sound pessimistic, but humans have come this far only due to our intellect. We have already seen what mindless scrolling does to our brains, especially children, and how easy it has become to manipulate us subtly through social media. Now imagine what outsourcing our thinking and developing an overwhelming amount of trust on an AI friend is setting us up for.

Are you prepared? Using AI while retaining our conscience may be easier said than done. The universe follows a path of least resistance, and we are no different.

Subscribe to get notified or follow the blog, and if you like what I write, please share it with your network 🙂

Scientists push the bounds of human knowledge.

They contribute significantly to economic growth.

America hasn't made enough of them for decades. And is now losing them more than ever before.

#plainmeaning #science #politics #education #publicpolicy

https://www.plainmeaning.com/Articles/Power/10_america-is-not-making-enough-scientists-and-losing-the-ones-it-does.html

Scientists push the bounds of human knowledge.

They contribute significantly to economic growth.

America hasn't made enough of them for decades. And is now losing them more than ever before.

#plainmeaning #science #politics #education #publicpolicy

https://www.plainmeaning.com/Articles/Power/10_america-is-not-making-enough-scientists-and-losing-the-ones-it-does.html

'Adopting a written constitution – of the kind almost every other country already has – would represent a very significant constitutional shift for the UK and be a major exercise'

#publicPolicy #britishConstitution #democracy #ukPol

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/02/devolution-programme-written-uk-constitution-andy-burnham

'Adopting a written constitution – of the kind almost every other country already has – would represent a very significant constitutional shift for the UK and be a major exercise'

#publicPolicy #britishConstitution #democracy #ukPol

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/02/devolution-programme-written-uk-constitution-andy-burnham

'While most lawsuits were eventually won by governments, the persistent and intensive litigation by UPF companies suggests other objectives beyond winning: slowing down the rollout of new laws, and crushing the desire and ability of other countries and regulators to adopt similar policies'

#publicPolicy #nutrition #publicHealth #polyCrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/01/ultra-processed-food-companies-hindering-health-drives-by-suing-countries-says-who

'While most lawsuits were eventually won by governments, the persistent and intensive litigation by UPF companies suggests other objectives beyond winning: slowing down the rollout of new laws, and crushing the desire and ability of other countries and regulators to adopt similar policies'

#publicPolicy #nutrition #publicHealth #polyCrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/01/ultra-processed-food-companies-hindering-health-drives-by-suing-countries-says-who

RE: https://scholar.social/@Aepasek/117022272423432189

'The AI Data Center Water Management Challenge: A Georgia Case Study'

#genAI #polycrisis #climateCrisis #publicPolicy

RE: https://scholar.social/@Aepasek/117022272423432189

'The AI Data Center Water Management Challenge: A Georgia Case Study'

#genAI #polycrisis #climateCrisis #publicPolicy

How do data shape policy, and whose realities get counted?

Join our Deputy Director (Research), Dr Jessica Espey, for the QMRG Annual Lecture, delivered in partnership with the Geographical Journal, at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual Conference.

📅 3 September, 2:45pm (UK), 💻Hybrid event

Register: https://www.rgs.org/research/annual-international-conference/registration
Info: https://event.ac2026.exordo.com/presentation/3894/whose-numbers-count-the-contested-politics-of-data-in-national-policy-and-planning

#DataGovernance #PublicPolicy #EvidenceBasedPolicy #Research

How do data shape policy, and whose realities get counted?

Join our Deputy Director (Research), Dr Jessica Espey, for the QMRG Annual Lecture, delivered in partnership with the Geographical Journal, at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual Conference.

📅 3 September, 2:45pm (UK), 💻Hybrid event

Register: https://www.rgs.org/research/annual-international-conference/registration
Info: https://event.ac2026.exordo.com/presentation/3894/whose-numbers-count-the-contested-politics-of-data-in-national-policy-and-planning

#DataGovernance #PublicPolicy #EvidenceBasedPolicy #Research

Are governments locking in 30–50 years of public infrastructure costs for a computing architecture that may change within five or ten?

On-device AI, smaller models and distributed computing are already challenging the assumption that hyperscale campuses will remain the dominant model.

The servers may change quickly. Corporate control over land, water, generation and grid access may not.

https://lawrencenault.me/policy/what-are-the-hyperscale-data-centres-really-for/

#DataCentres #AIInfrastructure #PublicPolicy #Alberta

RE: https://mastodon.social/@grantpotter/117005424230561261

'For years, activists in Australia pushing for a different approach to psychedelic drugs like ecstasy or magic mushrooms were banging against a locked door. And then, almost without warning, the door swung open, not just in this country but all over the world'

#drugReform #publicPolicy #raveCulture #ptsd #mentalHealth

RE: https://mastodon.social/@grantpotter/117005424230561261

'For years, activists in Australia pushing for a different approach to psychedelic drugs like ecstasy or magic mushrooms were banging against a locked door. And then, almost without warning, the door swung open, not just in this country but all over the world'

#drugReform #publicPolicy #raveCulture #ptsd #mentalHealth

Public affairs, with its nature and strategic approach, is a critical discipline for organizations seeking to navigate the complex landscape of public opinion, policy-making, and stakeholder engagement.

Read the article: https://mediascope.group/the-power-of-public-affairs-influencing-change/

#PublicAffairs #PolicyMaking #PublicPolicy #policy #EU #Europe #Europa #PublicOpinion #USA #Canada

RE: https://josemurilo.com/2026/06/07/cultural-heritage-digital-collections-unwelcome-guests-on-social-media-homeowners-on-the-social-web/

@Daojoan

The #indiehacker economy keeps building tools for itself. But the most interesting version of this story happens when #civilservice starts absorbing these #opensource solutions into #publicpolicy infrastructure. The library and the museum, the universities, the local government clerk — they all have the same broken spreadsheet problem. The tools already exist, they're open, and they could power real #digitalsovereignty. The adoption just hasn't caught up.

https://josemurilo.com/2026/06/07/cultural-heritage-digital-collections-unwelcome-guests-on-social-media-homeowners-on-the-social-web

RE: https://josemurilo.com/2026/06/07/cultural-heritage-digital-collections-unwelcome-guests-on-social-media-homeowners-on-the-social-web/

@Daojoan

The #indiehacker economy keeps building tools for itself. But the most interesting version of this story happens when #civilservice starts absorbing these #opensource solutions into #publicpolicy infrastructure. The library and the museum, the universities, the local government clerk — they all have the same broken spreadsheet problem. The tools already exist, they're open, and they could power real #digitalsovereignty. The adoption just hasn't caught up.

https://josemurilo.com/2026/06/07/cultural-heritage-digital-collections-unwelcome-guests-on-social-media-homeowners-on-the-social-web

Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley recommends requiring new data centers to cover their eventual decommissioning costs. That makes absolute sense: taxpayers should not inherit the cost of dismantling abandoned industrial infrastructure.

Video:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbOMvv0jlAt/

Provision text:
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/other/BradfordCounty_Decommissioning_Provision_Corrected.txt

#DataCenter #DataCenters #Decommissioning #TaxpayerProtection #LocalGovernment #PublicPolicy #LandUse #EnergyPolicy #Accountability #SalemOR

Artificial intelligence regulation must not leave older adults behind
#AI #AIRegulation #ResponsibleAI #AIEthics #OlderAdults #MachineLearning #Health #HealthyAging #Ageing #Canada #PublicPolicy #DigitalRights #Innovation #Discrimination #MedicalCare
https://the-14.com/artificial-intelligence-regulation-must-not-leave-older-adults-behind/

Artificial intelligence regulation must not leave older adults behind
#AI #AIRegulation #ResponsibleAI #AIEthics #OlderAdults #MachineLearning #Health #HealthyAging #Ageing #Canada #PublicPolicy #DigitalRights #Innovation #Discrimination #MedicalCare
https://the-14.com/artificial-intelligence-regulation-must-not-leave-older-adults-behind/

RE: https://scholar.social/@natebowling/116976065066476739

'In states that have legalized sports betting the average citizen is worse off. A 2024 UCLA study found that legalization is associated with lower average credit scores, increased debt collection instances, and a rise in bankruptcy filings'

#auPol #gambling #publicPolicy

RE: https://scholar.social/@natebowling/116976065066476739

'In states that have legalized sports betting the average citizen is worse off. A 2024 UCLA study found that legalization is associated with lower average credit scores, increased debt collection instances, and a rise in bankruptcy filings'

#auPol #gambling #publicPolicy

Switzerland demonstrates how immigration can function as a strategic demographic engine to counteract population decline. This article examines policy design, labor-market integration, and long-term planning that make the Swiss model effective.

Read the full article: https://wix.to/u2LE9nC

Discussion prompt: Which elements of the Swiss approach are most transferable to other European contexts?

#Switzerland
#PublicPolicy
#Demographics
#ImmigrationPolicy
#WorkforcePlanning

Le travail comme richesse : sortir de l’inversion entre contribution et argent

Le travail est la source réelle de la richesse, pas l’argent ni la rente. Pourtant, nos sociétés continuent de sous-estimer le care, le bénévolat et tout ce qui soutient la vie hors marché. Repenser le travail, c’est aussi repenser la dignité, la productivité et l’avenir face à l’IA. #work #care #economics #AI #publicpolicy Richard Murphy rappelle une évidence souvent oubliée : si tout le…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/07/23/le-travail-comme-richesse-sortir-de-linversion-entre-contribution-et-argent/

🚨 BREAKING: Prime Minister chairs a key meeting on Gilgit-Baltistan's wheat quota, focusing on ensuring timely supply and addressing the region's food requirements.

Read More: https://gtvnewshd.com/pakistan/2026/07/21/gilgit-baltistan-wheat-quota-pm-meeting/
#BreakingNews #GilgitBaltistan #Pakistan #WheatQuota #FoodSecurity #PMPakistan #PakistanNews #Government #PublicPolicy #GTVNews

RE: https://bonn.social/@evalhaik/116968034455321805

So many excellent reasons to take this step (including local support/development/skills jobs) but this one should be hugely motivating (imagine a public service reinvigorated by local staff who're also contributing to open source development)

'The petition argues that taxpayers are currently spending millions of dollars every year on Windows and Office licensing fees, money the organisers say flows straight out of the country to a foreign corporation with no lasting benefit to the public'

#publicService #publicPolicy #auspol #whoNeedsConvincing

RE: https://aus.social/@oscarjiminy/116966632849982993

My local library in Port Philip's always been a real pride of the community. Was designed by a bit of a rockstar architect and it's a kind of keystone community structure in the way that all libraries are but the design really embeds that dynamic in stone and glass.

This place was always, in my memory, really busy. Folks walking the shelves, sitting reading, standing reading, studying etc etc, all the things folks do in libraries.

Lately, someone decided to redesign the layout and part of that redesign was to allocate restricted areas. There is now (I would estimate) about 50% of the seating restricted and if you sit there unknowingly (signage is really minimal) you will be asked to move within about ten minutes of having sat down.

I may be cynical (it's been said before) but it strikes me as pandering to rate payers in an area with a population lousy with renters, though with the massive density developments happening here over the past 20 years I guess we're becoming a minority.

The point is (for me) that libraries can't afford to be alienating their demographic and I can say anecdotally that ever since the layout adjustments the traffic in this library has fallen off a cliff

#publicLibraries #portPhilip #publicPolicy #publicSpaces

RE: https://glammr.us/@jessamyn/116964431707530792

'people have challenges differentiating *doing stuff* online from the companies that *facilitate* us doing stuff online. If you have a cell phone, you’re paying some company for that access, and they have certain control over that access, which you may or may not be aware is even happening. The internet at your home is also different from the internet on your device, for various reasons, including legal reasons that I think are really important'

#interwebs #infrastructure #publicLibraries #publicPolicy

🚨 BREAKING: PM Shehbaz Sharif chairs a key meeting on Gilgit-Baltistan’s wheat quota, assuring full support to address the region’s wheat needs.

Read More: https://gtvnewshd.com/pakistan/2026/07/21/gilgit-baltistan-wheat-quota-pm-meeting/
#BreakingNews #GilgitBaltistan #PMShehbazSharif #WheatQuota #FoodSecurity #Pakistan #PakistanNews #Government #PublicPolicy #GTVNews