Andrew McAfee

Dec 2, 2024 | geekway.substack.com | Andrew McAfee

While eating a lunch of Thanksgiving leftovers last Friday I read that the EU has created a task force to act on the findings and recommendations of Mario Draghi’s excellent report on EU competitiveness in the second machine age (my title, not his). Draghi made an unignorable case that growth and competitiveness are fading in Europe, creating an “existential crisis” for the region. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen apparently agrees.

Nov 21, 2024 | insidehighered.com | Andrew McAfee |Joshua Kim

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results by Andrew McAfee Published in November, 2023. We would not want to run our universities like tech companies. The culture, values, and norms of academia stand — if anything — in opposition to those of tech.

Sep 23, 2024 | geekway.substack.com | Andrew McAfee

I feel I should make clear at the start here that I’m not hoping for the EU to take digital leadership away from the US. I’m not a fifth columnist for Brussels. I’m just a proud member of team Liberal Democratic West. The LDW is far from perfect, but it created stable and secure societies where people generally go to bed at night not worrying about bombs dropping or the secret police kicking in the door. Our team built the countries that people risked their lives trying to enter, not escape.

Jul 10, 2024 | geekway.substack.com | Andrew McAfee |Christopher Mims |Matt Darling

My previous post on the headline topics drew some interest, so let’s keep the conversation going. A good place to start is with a recent article by Christopher Mims in the WSJ. It’s a good place to start because of its headline: “AI Doesn’t Kill Jobs? Tell That to Freelancers.” One of the first things I learned when I started writing for newspapers and magazines is that I had little input into what the piece’s headline would be, and no veto power over what the editors came up with.

May 20, 2024 | dodreads.com | Steven Levitt |Stephen Dubner |Adam Grant |Andrew McAfee

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