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Notes from the UAE
AI, sovereign wealth, and strategic autonomy
Dec 18 • Samuel Hammond
Do LLMs really reason?
a Hegelian perspective
Jun 10 • Samuel Hammond
Hegel and the AI Mind
Reconstructing Hegel's Logic and Idealism through the lens of computer science
Jun 5 • Samuel Hammond
Oren Cass’s Labor Theory of Value
Revisiting The Once and Future Worker
Apr 29 • Samuel Hammond
The Strategy Behind the Stupidity
Unpacking the origins of Trump's disastrous tariff plan
Apr 7 • Samuel Hammond
DOGEmaxing
we do a little government efficiency
Jan 25 • Samuel Hammond
Voting as a collective action problem
If you thought herding cats was hard, try herding libertarians
Nov 5, 2024 • Samuel Hammond
Deflationary Liberalism
Social contract theory from the bottom-up
Sep 27, 2024 • Samuel Hammond
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Imperfect takes with uncertain payoff
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