🆕✍️More data supports science funding literally pays for itself gabrielweinberg.com/p/more-data-...

I worked with Sidra on countless designs to get these shoes just right, and couldn't be happier with the way they turned out. A genuine collaboration with another team that cares about every detail. Get the DuckDuckGo x Atoms collab here: duckduckgo.com/collaborations

🆕✍️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...

🆕✍️ Start collecting an AI "token tax" now; figure out exactly what to do with the funds later gabrielweinberg.com/p/start-coll...

🆕✍️ You can make a compelling narrative for almost anything untrue (Rule 4) gabrielweinberg.com/p/you-can-ma...

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...

🆕✍️ Simulating likely 2026 World Cup matchups (for all matches) gabrielweinberg.com/p/simulating...

🆕✍️ Yes AI or No AI, that is the question. AI is everywhere. Did anyone give you a choice? gabrielweinberg.com/p/yes-ai-or-...

🆕✍️ 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...

🆕✍️ Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo you probably don't know gabrielweinberg.com/p/some-surpr...

🆕✍️ What GLP-1 drug price is cost neutral to Medicare? Seemingly around $140/month gabrielweinberg.com/p/what-glp-1...

🆕✍️ One approach to a heavily curated information diet gabrielweinberg.com/p/one-approa...

Hello Bluesky! 🦆

🆕✍️ 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-...

🆕✍️ Introducing Duck Tales: New audio/video interview series taking you inside DuckDuckGo gabrielweinberg.com/p/introducin...

🆕✍️ Total Factor Productivity needs a rebrand (and if you don't know what that is you probably should). gabrielweinberg.com/p/total-fact...

🆕✍️ Is consumer AI heading for a duopoly? gabrielweinberg.com/p/consumer-a...

🆕✍️ 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 overlooked front in the browser wars gabrielweinberg.com/p/the-overlo...

🆕✍️ 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

🆕✍️ On reddit, roughly 500 views = 1 click gabrielweinberg.com/p/on-reddit-...

🆕✍️ A U.S.-China tech tie is a big win for China because of its population advantage gabrielweinberg.com/p/a-us-china...

🆕✍️ 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...

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...

🆕 ✍️ 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.)

🆕 Post gabrielweinberg.com/p/rule-3-eve... Rule #3: Every decision involves trade-offs

🆕 Post gabrielweinberg.com/p/9-ways-duc... 9 ways DuckDuckGo's Search Assist Differs from Google’s AI Overviews: Seeking better UX for AI-assisted search answers at DuckDuckGo

🆕 Post gabrielweinberg.com/p/the-key-to... The key to increasing standard of living is increasing labor productivity: Unpacking this counterintuitive conclusion

🆕 post: Most chatbot users miss this key setting, so we moved it up front. gabrielweinberg.com/p/most-chatb...

🆕 post: The debate over a potential economic bump from AI points to a much larger economic opportunity. We can turn temporary economic productivity bumps into permanent higher economic growth through sustained higher investment in basic research. gabrielweinberg.com/p/ai-product...

🆕 post: States should be allowed to regulate AI because realistically Congress won't—Let’s not give AI a decade-long free pass from regulation. gabrielweinberg.com/p/states-sho...

New post. Rule #2: There are always underlying assumptions. gabrielweinberg.com/p/rule-2-the...

New post: gabrielweinberg.com/p/issues-wit... Issues with widespread bipartisan agreement that never go anywhere: A marker for why we need more structural governance reform.

New post: U.S. AI-labor protests could eventually resemble the French Yellow-Vest protests gabrielweinberg.com/p/ai-labor-p...

New post: How science funding literally pays for itself (By growing the economy enough that future tax revenues exceed initial expenditure.) gabrielweinberg.com/p/how-scienc...

Found this baby deer hanging out in our yard this morning.

New post: Will the AI backlash spill into the streets? gabrielweinberg.com/p/will-the-a...

Streaming update: now enjoying Murderbot and The Rehearsal (Season 2), but they only put out one episode a week, so other similar suggestions are very welcomed.

Tech tip from a colleague: you can AirDrop iOS app builds (.ipa) directly from your Mac to your phone and it will install it automatically, which is much faster than plugging in your phone via a cable and going through Configurator.

gabrielweinberg.com/p/americans-... New post: Americans’ tolerance for lengthy economic disruption due to tariffs is seemingly very low.

New post: Science funding was already way too low. Restoring the status quo is not good enough; we should increase federal research funding to something like three times the previous level. thegreatrace.substack.com/p/science-fu...

Rule 1: Reality is always more complicated. thegreatrace.substack.com/p/rule-1-rea...

New post: thegreatrace.substack.com/p/is-runaway...