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“As #economists like the #Nobellaureates #DaronAcemoglu and #SimonJohnson argue, technologically driven outcomes are matters of choice, not fate. A new #technology does not decide how it will be used. Humans do.” www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/p...

The Pope and the AI Profiteers

The Pope and the AI Profiteers

Antara Haldar thinks Leo XIV is right to challenge the market-driven narrative of technological inevitability.

Project Syndicate

Headlines Africa Jan 5

Africa: Africa's Share of the Nobel Prizes: [African Arguments] The curtain has fallen in Oslo and Stockholm. The Nobel Prize laureates have been announced. The award ceremony has taken place; however, it has invariably generated less excitement than the pre-announcement committee meeting. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQ9DP1 #NobelPrize #Africa #NobelLaureates #CulturalRecognition #GlobalAwards

Democracies must fight for freedom, Nobel laureate Machado says

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/nobel-laureate-maria-corina-machado-speech-ceremony-december-10-2025/

Trio win 2025 Nobel economics prize for work on innovation and ‘creative destruction’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/business/winners-nobel-prize-economic-sciences-2025/

Hacker News Oct 10, 2025

Nobel Prize in Peace 2025: María Corina Machado

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2025/summary/

#HackerNews #NobelPrize #Peace2025 #MaríaCorinaMachado #NobelLaureates #CurrentEvents

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy"

NobelPrize.org

Hungarian ‘Master of the apocalypse’ Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/literature/winner-nobel-prize-2025/

Mathrubhumi English Oct 8, 2025

From scientists fast asleep to one hiking through Yellowstone with no signal, this year’s Nobel winners discovered their life-changing news in the most unexpected ways https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/how-this-years-winners-found-out-they-won-nobel-prize-u1xkccw3?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #NobelPrize #NobelPrizeWinner #NobelLaureates #NobelPrize2025

Trio win Nobel chemistry prize for developing ‘Hermione’s handbag’ materials

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/science/discoveries-inventions/winners-nobel-prize-chemistry-2025/

tech news ᳇ eicker.news Sep 23, 2025

Over 200 #experts, including #Nobellaureates and #AIdevelopers, call for #internationalagreements to establish #redlines for #AIdevelopment by 2026. The statement, coinciding with the #UNGeneralAssembly, highlights risks like #engineeredpandemics and #massunemployment, urging for enforceable regulations. However, #USopposition poses a challenge. https://www.transformernews.ai/p/nobel-laureates-ai-developers-red-lines-un-general-assembly?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Nobel laureates and AI developers call for ‘red lines’ on AI

Experts are calling for international agreements as the United Nations meets, but they face an uphill battle turning words into action

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N-gated Hacker News May 24, 2025

💡 Breaking news: The most profound revelation of 2025 – writing that's both *pretty* and *smart* is superior! 🎉 Who knew that #eloquence could coexist with accuracy? 🤯 Our author demands an audience with Nobel laureates for this earth-shattering discovery that beautiful prose might just be *correct.* 🌟
https://paulgraham.com/goodwriting.html #profoundrevelation #accuracy #beautifulprose #Nobellaureates #writingcommunity #HackerNews #ngated

The Pope and the AI Profiteers

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

Nobel laureates and AI developers call for ‘red lines’ on AI

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