Reassessing the U-shaped relationship between gender equality and fertility: A replication and extension of Kolk’s (2019) study using comprehensive gender equality measures
doi.org/10.4054/DemR...
Paper in @demresjournal.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social student @haohao-lei.bsky.social

How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise Here are seven unusual financial agreements helping to drive the ambitions of the poster child of the A.I. revolution.

How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Some Thoughts, Questions, and Concerns Regarding the Current AI Bubble This memo records my reflections and concerns regarding generative artificial intelligence (AI) and related infrastructure investments. Due to my limited understanding of the relevant industries, I…

I’ve recently compiled detailed thoughts, questions, and concerns about the current AI investment bubble risks. This piece explains why this bubble differs from the dot-com boom, and emphasises the overlooked roles of private credit markets.

haohaolei.com/2025/10/15/s...

Why Do Exceptional Companies Endure Without Violent Protection? Reflections on the Firm as a Social Organisation The question of what a company actually is—and why it exists—has long troubled me, and it has been an obstacle to my move into equity investing. Ronald Coase has, of course, provided a clear explan…

Thinking about why some exceptional companies survive and protect their wealth without violence. Drawing insights from Drucker's "Concept of the Corporation" and Collins & Porras's "Built to Last."

#Management #Investment

haohaolei.com/2025/09/26/w...

Trump’s self-defeating move on skilled worker visas A big cost increase for H-1B visas is bad for American business and innovation

Trump’s self-defeating move on skilled worker visas on.ft.com/46xKXF1 | opinion

How the Catholic Church views AI This moment of technological change is so profound that we might compare it to the Renaissance

on.ft.com/4lVtOvg How the Catholic Church views AI

Google Is Training AI to Speak Dolphin — Scientific American Google is developing an LLM that could help us communicate with dolphins A pod of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) swims below the ocean surface in Bimini, Bahamas. Biology Dolphins are ...

This might be my favorite LLM application to date. So cool! apple.news/A9AIoJCgYSMC...

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See you at PAA 2025! The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science will be back at this year’s Population Association of America conference in Washington DC, 10-13 April. Find us at our demographic talks listed below and…

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🆕Conference"Gender Inequalities, Fertility & the Future of Family Demography:Intersectionality in an Era of Family Complexity” kicked off @mpidr.bsky.social!Researchers from around the🌏are engaging into discussions on how gender inequalities shape fertility, families, & demographic change. #GIF2025

Apple withdraws cloud encryption service from UK after government order iPhone-maker says it can no longer offer advanced protection in Britain after secret demand for ‘back door’ to user data

Really disappointing news :( UK users are losing end-to-end encryption for their iCloud data, which means less privacy and security for everyone.

on.ft.com/3CQyVfn Apple withdraws cloud encryption service from UK after government order

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