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David Schatsky

@dschatsky.bsky.social
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Business/tech trends, AI, economics/public policy, mild sarcasm. Tech and Geopolitics Fellow, @belfercenter.bsky.social / @harvardkennedy.bsky.social Founder, Tenon Research Posing/answering key questions about AI: unfoldingai.substack.com

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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 15h
A very competitive showing for Most American Crime Story During the hearing, which was livestreamed by Court TV, he acknowledged lying about “a lot of things.”
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 18h
Taken from us too soon
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I just heard Nick Bostrom in an interview say "otiose." Respect.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump’s opponents are planning efforts to reverse his changes to presidency www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“It’s a weird quasi religion, like a cult. The core people are sociopaths and then the rest are neurotics.” open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
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Stop Panicking About AI
Why are big AI firm trying to create billionaires from a technology they say may end the world? There are real risks to AI, but something is very off about the latest social panic.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The clickbait era is over. Here's why.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It is remarkable that this wonder-technology is posing challenges. It's supposed to make things better, innit?
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
David Geffen Hall is a delight
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"For your business to succeed in this fast-changing business climate, and with competitors exploring agentic opportunities themselves, your mindset must pivot to 'agentifying” everything." Sorry. The vendor has spoken.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Company decides not to ship defective product
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Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My department - @ucdpolitics.bsky.social - is hiring two PERMANENT posts in any area of politics, international relations, theory, or development studies. Please apply if you are on the academic job market, and if you're not, please do us a solid & spread the word! Deadline NOV 9.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I agree with @mattyglesias.bsky.social
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
All new construction or cosmetic changes to buildings in the Capitol District undertaken by an unpopular president without the consent of Congress shall be subject removal at the expense of the president's heirs.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Progress: kill clean energy and electric cars.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Two hundred years from now, when people look to understand life in the United States in 2026—a time of masked federal agents in the streets, presidential pardons for sale and gulag-style detention camps for immigrants—they’d be well advised to bypass whatever happens to be playing currently on TV."
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Latest national survey of Americans on their knowledge of civics. Not great. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/a-third-of-a...
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A Third of Americans Cannot Name the Three Branches of Government | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
A third of Americans cannot name the three branches of government, the 2026 Annenberg Public Policy Center's Constitution Day Civics Survey finds.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@dieworkwear.bsky.social who is his tailor?
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump openly called on Russia to hack his political opponent's email. The Mueller investigation described Russian interference in the election “sweeping and systematic.” So, not a hoax?
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"My financial situation is scarier than it’s ever been. And this A.I. company wasn’t the worst of them. I don’t think their app itself is bad for humanity necessarily, but that entire world disgusts me." The guys behind the hilarious anti-A.I.-Ad Ad Campaign www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
newyorker.com
The Anti-A.I.-Ad Ad Campaign
The comedians Harris Alterman and Dave Ross have been putting up posters for fake tech products across the city, including a wearable grandpa, underwear that thinks, and A.I. cutlery.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm reading a big, fat book on the history of political thought. I admire the craftsmanship evident in the writing. He wrote, "the medieval revival of the classic city-state...had reached its apogee and was in decline..." And I thought why apogee and not zenith? Here's why:
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Social media is my policy advisor
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Guy eating ice cream outside a scoop shop with a pizza box across his lap. #foodpyramid
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Not totally bought into the freedom-of-the-press thing.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Not proud of this
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What do we need to do to make sure we have more dumb wars?
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I don't worry much about AI-powered human extinction. But after I heard this conversation about OpenAI/Hugging Face, I realized the risks presented by AI are much more down to earth--and present today. unfoldingai.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
No one is predicting AI will cure cancer within six months to a year.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Groups in Yemen, a country where roughly 50 percent of the adult population cannot read or write, had threatened us with A.I.-enhanced warfare." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | It’s Already Too Late to Stop the A.I. Threat
China and the United States must work to repair the damage A.I. has done now, not look to future developments.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
AI is less likely to destroy humanity then I am
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Highly educated and accomplished world leaders looking good in the rink.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Trust me. The national debt is solved.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The countless illegal actions by this administration consume so much of the judiciary's time, not to mention tax payer dollars funding Trump's shyster lawyers.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Thanks Dario, Sam, and Elon. Now that you agree we need to slow down, here's how to do it. unfoldingai.substack.com/p/dont-slow-...
unfoldingai.substack.com
Don’t slow AI development; refocus it
We have to slow down to speed up
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
But they're eating the dogs, right?
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Revulsion and shame. Every day he reminds us he is unfit.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"...the promises and challenges of citizenship in the midst of a technological revolution." An absolutely AMAZING event tonight (9/11) and tomorrow at the @bpl.boston.gov featuring scholars from a dozen+ leading universities. Register for free here: constitution21stcentury.org/convenings/b...
constitution21stcentury.org
Boston – A Constitution for the 21st Century
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"The state is trying to make up for its lack of an ideology by cultivating masculinity." Guess which state.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Russia has turned its schools into indoctrination machines www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It is not a "plan." At best it's a promise, bribe, or intention.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I asked Perplexity what the best independent analyses say will be the net impact of Trump's trade war with Canada. Do you have a better source?
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Less safe, but more authoritarian. Gotta take the good with the bad. After 9/11, the U.S. built an anti-terror apparatus. Trump is using it at home. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nearly 3/4 of adults in the US are overweight or obese per the CDC. In a survey by KFF, nearly 1 in 5 have taken a GLP-1 for diabetes or weight loss. FastStats - Overweight Prevalence share.google/2TK33kjg5o88...
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FastStats
FastStats is an official application from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and puts access to topic-specific statistics at your finge...
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Heartbreaking and entirely unnecessary cruelty by the Trump Administration.
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Our love of humanoid robots is unrequited. There's a better way to get work done today. unfoldingai.substack.com/p/an-unrequi...
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Lol
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u... WE NEED TO FIX THIS
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David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Working on Navier-Stokes today.
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