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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

To salvage his career-making thesis that history had ended, @frankfukuyama.bsky.social now asserts that we all misunderstood him, notes @cfr.org’s Benn Steil.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Chinese "platform state" creates value not by directly producing everything, but by facilitating interactions and transactions among different parts of the ecosystem, explains Angela Zhang. bit.ly/4Ad9iOn

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Writing 15 years ago, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social speculated about a future in which shared databases of medical information would allow epidemiologists and scientists to study and pinpoint sources and treatments of disease. Now, that day may be coming, thanks to AI. bit.ly/4ziBBtx

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The miracle of Taiwan’s economic, technological, and security resilience rests on its ability to build domestic consensus, which is exactly the asset that Donald Trump's policy is now jeopardizing, warn Syaru Shirley Lin, Caroline Fried, and Siwei Huang. bit.ly/4rekTZB

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Whereas America offers both state-level opportunities for experimentation and national markets for scaling up successful businesses, Europe does the opposite. It is the worst of both worlds, @carlbfrey.bsky.social observes. bit.ly/3THcscX

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@carlbfrey.bsky.social calls for legislation to establish learning rights, akin to mineral rights or broadcasting rights. Each was created by statute when a newly valuable resource needed an owner before it could have a market. bit.ly/4hF1s7Z

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Deep Dive: Privacy is here. In the first commentary of the collection, the Groundwork Collaborative’s @lindsayowens.bsky.social examines how firms, armed with vast troves of digital data, have turned pricing into a highly engineered science. bit.ly/4j1L5ol

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No longer are words written and read solely by and for humans. Instead, text has become something more like a fossil fuel, a consumable for machines as much or more than a communicative medium for people, Matthew Kirschenbaum writes. bit.ly/4hEikf1

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Although the old adage about “garbage in, garbage out” applies more than ever in an “agentic economy,” this framing could be dangerously simplistic, Shuwei Fang warns. bit.ly/4zmTmrV

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

While access to truthful reporting has long been considered a fundamental right, journalism’s traditional business model is breaking down. Join the World News Day movement and support your favorite news outlets. #WorldNewsDay #ChooseTrustedJournalism

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Gordon Brown and Daron Acemoglu offer different diagnoses of democracy’s crisis, one centered on the erosion of community, the other on workers’ loss of power. Both show why the way back is anything but clear, argues LSE News’s Gene Frieda. bit.ly/3TjGrrh

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In a new PS Big Picture, @b-eichengreen.bsky.social, @gabbadraws.bsky.social, Angela Huyue Zhang, and others assess claims about the technology and consider what responses are warranted. bit.ly/4AwqdeS

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Nobody can win a race whose end no one can understand, and that includes the AI labs sprinting the hardest, @audreyt.org observes. bit.ly/3VdfOVp

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@fordfoundation.org President @heathergerken.bsky.social set the stage for our latest event by noting that any discussion on how to reform the UN must begin with a different question: What kind of global governance the world will need in 2030 or 2050? bit.ly/4xzsK5B #PSEvents #UNGA

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When machines can produce content more cheaply and rapidly than humans, the perverse incentives that already drive the attention economy are supercharged, @vestager.bsky.social warns. bit.ly/4yb6bFr

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Speaking at session three of the Ford Foundation/PS Remaking the UN event, Hibak Kalfan says the UN urgently needs more diversity. Watch the event live: bit.ly/4xzsK5B #PSEvents #UNGA

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Kicking off the third and final session of the Ford Foundation/PS Remaking the UN event, @newamerica.org's Anne-Marie Slaughter discusses how the erosion of the multilateral order is reshaping the global landscape. https:// bit.ly/4xzsK5B #PSEvents #UNGA

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In her remarks at the Ford Foundation/PS Remaking the UN event—live now— @comfortero.crisisgroup.org touts the UN's historical achievements. Watch the event at the link: bit.ly/4xzsK5B #PSEvents #UNGA

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In her session two remarks at the Ford Foundation/PS Remaking the UN event, Shamala Kandiah Thompson says the next UN Secretary-General will need to be careful about the advisers they choose. bit.ly/4xzsK5B #PSEvents #UNGA

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Philipp Schönrock kicks off session two of the Ford Foundation/PS Remaking the UN event, describing the role of UN Secretary-General as the toughest job in the world. bit.ly/4xzsK5B #PSEvents #UNGA

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Heba Aly says the UN should take a more active role in regulating AI and guiding the green transition. Watch session one of Remaking the UN, live now: bit.ly/4xzsK5B #PSEvents #UNGA

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

MicrosoftAI's CEO @mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social voices three fundamental concerns about @anthropic.com's current position and approach on the moral status of Claude. bit.ly/3UX1Fvv

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

AI training and inference has proceeded not by mining the internet, but by fracking it—plumbing every nook and cranny to see what previously unavailable resources might yet be extracted, Lucky Gunasekara writes. bit.ly/4hA0ydO

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Beware of the large language model. It ultimately throws obstacles in the way of our continued growth in understanding. Zena Hitz explains why. bit.ly/4h7TLXl

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Bots now account for more traffic on the open web than humans do. PS Quarterly: Slopocalypse Now examines what that means for journalism, democracy, and human knowledge. Subscribe to PS Premium today to read the issue—and save $50. bit.ly/4cK1GZO

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Iran war has narrowed the political space for climate negotiations. But geopolitical volatility need not derail the energy transition, argue Igarapé Institutes' @muggah.bsky.social, @uspoficial.bsky.social’s Carlos Nobre, and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social’s Johan Rockström. bit.ly/4r75VEJ

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

As tragic as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were, it was America’s response that truly changed the world—and not for the better. Read more in a new Big Picture, with @timothysnyder.bsky.social, Richard Haass, @slaughteram.bsky.social, Javier Solana & Angel Saz-Carranza. bit.ly/3UCr2me

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The world could have taken a different course after September 11, 2001. Instead, major military and economic powers have remained beholden to an overly narrow understanding of security and power, Javier Solana and Angel Saz-Carranza. bit.ly/4yxNv2v

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The next Deep Dive will launch soon, and this time, it’s focused on privacy. Subscribe to PS now to gain access, and make sure to sign up for the subscriber-only Deep Dive newsletter to receive the full text of each entry in your inbox as soon as it’s available. bit.ly/4gRQATB

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

AI accounted for 65% of venture-capital deal value in the US in 2025, more than every other sector combined. Biotech, nanotechnology, and other promising fields could pay the price, writes Dambisa Moyo. bit.ly/4ykwxUT

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Register now for our next event, Remaking the UN, hosted in partnership with the Ford Foundation, and watch live on September 21 as experts consider how global governance can work in the 21st century. bit.ly/3SAnD6v #PSEvents #UNGA

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

For economists who continue to believe that the money supply drives inflation, its near-total absence from this year’s Jackson Hole agenda amounts to something close to policy malfeasance, writes Tim Congdon. bit.ly/4xlfzpn

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The full Deep Dive: Oligarchy collection is out now. Subscribe now to read seven expert commentaries examining how extreme wealth is translated into political power—and what can be done to restore democracy. bit.ly/4gvheS4

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

North Korea’s founder grew up in a devout Christian family. He went on to build a totalitarian state that worshiped him as a god, writes Yoon Young-kwan. bit.ly/45JMdVF

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Read perspectives from @jefffrankel.bsky.social, Gene Frieda, Daniel Gros, Desmond Lachman, @drodrik.bsky.social, and @michaelrstrain.bsky.social in a new PS Big Picture. bit.ly/3S6vUz7

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The Thucydides Trap has become a popular lens for understanding China’s global role and its escalating rivalry with the US. But this framing obscures what China’s totalitarian regime means for the world, writes Chenggang Xu. bit.ly/3S6V80e

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The system that the world's financial elites uphold is remote, invisible, and unaccountable by design, explains @annpettifor.bsky.social. At its intellectual heart is a warped and archaic understanding of money. #PSDeepDives bit.ly/460yfP6

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Brazil and Hungary’s democratic renewals show that authoritarian turns need not be permanent, argue Helmut K. Anheier, Edward L. Knudsen, and Joseph C. Saraceno. bit.ly/3RU8SeE

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Wealth inequality may very well be a problem worth addressing, but wealth taxes are not the solution, writes Cristina Enache of the @taxfoundation.bsky.social. bit.ly/4yUUqDK

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

In “Global Governance Remade,” Project Syndicate brings together experts from around the world to share concrete solutions for building a new architecture that works for all. Never miss a commentary by following the topic page. bit.ly/4fTlKcX

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

In a new PS Big Picture, Chenxu Fu, Xianguo Huang, Brian Judge, and Dambisa Moyo consider how AI might disrupt and transform financial markets. Read it at the link. bit.ly/4fODB4H

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The AI boom is best understood not as a singular breakthrough but as the latest chapter in a decades-old cycle in which cheaper computing creates new applications and fuels further innovation, write @abergeaud.bsky.social and Robin Rivaton. bit.ly/4pN81c2

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Europe has what it needs to confront the threat tech oligarchy poses to free media, noted Future of Tech Institute Executive Director @coricrider.com at the Media & Democracy Summit. What is missing is enforcement of laws and support for innovators. Watch the event at the link in our bio. #PSEvents

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Neither the political nor the economic arguments against taxing wealth are what they were a generation ago, notes Michael Madowitz of @rooseveltinstitute.org. #PSDeepDives bit.ly/45yfLVW

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Chrystia Freeland thinks the important lesson for democracies to draw from the dynamism and sheer chutzpah that has characterized Ukraine’s war effort is not to lose confidence in themselves. bit.ly/4yEBPeX

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Next week in Deep Dive: Oligarchy: Michael Madowitz argues that the design of wealth taxes has vastly improved, and not a moment too soon. With wealth—and the political power it confers—having reached extreme levels of concentration, effective taxation has become vital to democracy’s survival.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It should surprise no one that Jeffrey Epstein’s main professional competency was advising the super-rich on what are euphemistically known as “tax-minimization strategies,” notes Brooke Harrington. bit.ly/4bUBNps #PSDeepDives

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

People will pay for independent journalism, if they understand why it matters. At the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit, Veronika Munk explained how @dennikn.bsky.social built a new media business model that believes in readers. Watch the conversation: bit.ly/4vkcCE0 #PSEvents

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Thompson Ayodele cautions that expanding access to advanced treatments must not come at the expense of incentives for innovation. mrf.lu/2GjzQ

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