Resolving the privacy paradox gabrielweinberg.com/p/resolving-... Revealed preference arguments often have hidden flaws
Resolving the privacy paradox
Revealed preference arguments often have hidden flaws
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Gabriel Weinberg
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Founder, DuckDuckGo. Co-author, Traction. Co-author, Super Thinking. Writing personally at gabrielweinberg.com
No, everyone is not using AI for everything. gabrielweinberg.com/p/people-are... People are consuming AI like they eat meat: some are embracing it, some are limiting their use of it, and some are avoiding it altogether.
No, everyone is not using AI for everything.
People are consuming AI like they eat meat: some are embracing it, some are limiting their use of it, and some are avoiding it altogether.
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A "patchwork" of AI laws is a feature, not a bug gabrielweinberg.com/p/a-patchwor... If AI violates our privacy, takes our jobs, and potentially can destroy the world, then it’s too big for Congress to regulate alone
A "patchwork" of AI laws is a feature, not a bug
If AI violates our privacy, takes our jobs, and potentially can destroy the world, then it’s too big for Congress to regulate alone
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🆕✍️More data supports science funding literally pays for itself gabrielweinberg.com/p/more-data-...
More data supports science funding literally pays for itself
Bolstering the case for the most no-brainer policy: increasing government science funding.
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🆕✍️Principles almost always have exceptions, often when they conflict with other principles (Rule 5). When principles conflict, a priority stack usually decides which one wins. gabrielweinberg.com/p/principles...
Principles almost always have exceptions, often when they conflict with other principles (Rule 5)
When principles conflict, a priority stack usually decides which one wins.
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🆕✍️ Start collecting an AI "token tax" now; figure out exactly what to do with the funds later gabrielweinberg.com/p/start-coll...
Start collecting an AI "token tax" now; figure out exactly what to do with the funds later
Decoupling collection from disbursement will make it easier to start putting money in a lockbox now, providing flexibility to craft the right support for workers displaced by AI in the future
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🆕✍️ You can make a compelling narrative for almost anything untrue (Rule 4) gabrielweinberg.com/p/you-can-ma...
You can make a compelling narrative for almost anything untrue (Rule 4)
Pick something you believe to be untrue, for example a common conspiracy theory or policy narrative.
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Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.22: Why are we building our own web search index? And why does it matter? Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify
🆕✍️ There should be a citizen-led path to amend the Constitution. Congress won't reform itself, but a citizen-led amendment path could. gabrielweinberg.com/p/there-shou...
There should be a citizen-led path to amend the Constitution
Congress won't reform itself, but a citizen-led amendment path could.
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🆕✍️ Simulating likely 2026 World Cup matchups (for all matches) gabrielweinberg.com/p/simulating...
Simulating likely 2026 World Cup matchups (for all matches)
I’ve been using Cursor for coding for some time, but I finally gave Claude Code a try for this short side project: simulating the 2026 World Cup bracket to predict likely matchups for all matches, whi...
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🆕✍️ Yes AI or No AI, that is the question. AI is everywhere. Did anyone give you a choice? gabrielweinberg.com/p/yes-ai-or-...
Yes AI or No AI, that is the question
AI is everywhere. Did anyone give you a choice?
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🆕✍️ As AI displaces jobs, the US government should create new jobs building affordable housing: What if some displaced workers help build the housing we need? gabrielweinberg.com/p/as-ai-disp...
As AI displaces jobs, the US government should create new jobs building affordable housing
What if some displaced workers help build the housing we need?
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🆕✍️ Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo you probably don't know gabrielweinberg.com/p/some-surpr...
Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo you probably don't know
We have hundreds of easter-egg logos (featuring our friendly mascot Dax Brown) that surface when you make certain queries on our search engine. Our subreddit is trying to catch ‘em all. They’ve certai...
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🆕✍️ What GLP-1 drug price is cost neutral to Medicare? Seemingly around $140/month gabrielweinberg.com/p/what-glp-1...
What GLP-1 drug price is cost neutral to Medicare?
Seemingly around $140/month
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🆕✍️ One approach to a heavily curated information diet gabrielweinberg.com/p/one-approa...
One approach to a heavily curated information diet
Disclaimer: This approach works for me.
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🆕✍️ China has a major working-age population advantage through at least 2075. Given this advantage, they have a path to dwarf the U.S. economy. gabrielweinberg.com/p/china-has-...
China has a major working-age population advantage through at least 2075
Given this advantage, they have a path to dwarf the U.S. economy
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🆕✍️ Introducing Duck Tales: New audio/video interview series taking you inside DuckDuckGo gabrielweinberg.com/p/introducin...
Introducing Duck Tales
New audio/video interview series taking you inside DuckDuckGo
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🆕✍️ Total Factor Productivity needs a rebrand (and if you don't know what that is you probably should). gabrielweinberg.com/p/total-fact...
Total Factor Productivity needs a rebrand (and if you don't know what that is you probably should).
The name of this hidden driver of prosperity is unappealing and not self-defining to mainstream people. What should it be called instead?
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🆕✍️ The paradox of progress gabrielweinberg.com/p/the-parado... If progress = rising living standards, why doesn’t a progress agenda command top billing in U.S. politics? • Timescale mismatch. • Change aversion. • Lacking urgency.
The paradox of progress
If progress = rising living standards, why doesn’t a progress agenda command top billing in U.S. politics?
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🆕✍️ What banning AI surveillance should look like, at a minimum gabrielweinberg.com/p/what-banni... Prohibited practices, others that face higher scrutiny, and the rest at least transparent and optional
What banning AI surveillance should look like, at a minimum
Prohibited practices, others that face higher scrutiny, and the rest at least transparent and optional
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🆕✍️ A U.S.-China tech tie is a big win for China because of its population advantage gabrielweinberg.com/p/a-us-china...
A U.S.-China tech tie is a big win for China because of its population advantage
China’s population is declining, but UN projections show it will remain at least twice the size of the U.S.
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🆕✍️ AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time. All the same privacy harms with online tracking are also present with AI, but worse. gabrielweinberg.com/p/ai-surveil...
AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time.
All the same privacy harms with online tracking are also present with AI, but worse.
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My statement on the US v Google remedies: x.com/DuckDuckGo/s.... Tl;dr 👎 for consumers. Monopoly business continues as usual for Google.
🆕✍️ Progress isn't automatic: It takes considerable effort, education, organization, and money Blog post link: gabrielweinberg.com/p/progress-i...
Progress isn't automatic
It takes considerable effort, education, organization, and money
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🆕 ✍️ Musings on evergreen content Blog post link: gabrielweinberg.com/p/musings-on... (I actually put this out on Sat but forgot to post to social.)
Musings on evergreen content
Building an audience for ideas that last
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