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December 2023

Another year is coming to a close without a federal privacy bill
State initiatives and congressional inertia have left privacy law in limbo. Here are the scenarios gamed out.
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Will Rinehart

November 2023

Unpacking the Executive Order on AI
The new AI Executive Order deserves closer legal scrutiny. Most are underweighting the legal challenges and problems to rule of law.
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Will Rinehart

August 2023

Silicon innovation is colliding with jurisdictional steel
From DoNotPay's Supreme Court ambitions to the modern 'AI License Raj', regulatory frameworks are challenging the development of AI-driven services.
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Will Rinehart

June 2023

Two key heuristics guiding my research into politics and policy
Hayekian welfare states + public policy is the result of a competitive political process
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Will Rinehart
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Half a hundred insights, or 50 things I've learned recently
Noise in plants, gooey corn, a metal alloy lost to the ages, and other interesting bits I've learned recently.
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Will Rinehart

May 2023

King Tut's meteorite dagger: A weapon from the heavens
Tutankhamun's iron dagger was more expensive than his gold one. Its story highlights the significance of minerals in the study of history and political…
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Will Rinehart

March 2023

Unraveling the mystery: How FDA regulations kept COVID tests out of reach just a year ago
FDA red tape hindered COVID test availability. It is a familiar narrative that echoes the challenges faced by the first-ever pregnancy tests in the…
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Will Rinehart

February 2023

Reasons to celebrate Trump's return to Facebook
Meta's reinstatement of Trump's accounts show the power of self-regulatory organizations.
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Will Rinehart

January 2023

Population growth is stalling. Here is what it means for politics and economics.
Aging demographics will mean less creative destruction, fewer startups, misallocation, and increased pressure on political and social institutions.
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Will Rinehart

October 2022

The abundance agenda
Context to my recent Boston Review piece, the Henry Adams curve, and a list of action items to make the abundance agenda happen
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Will Rinehart

July 2022

The attention economy: a history of the term, its economics, its value, and how it is changing politics
Work your way to the end. I explain why TikTok users value the site by $5,600 per year and why the politics of attention explains Cambridge Analytica…
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Will Rinehart
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