Research and commentary on hiring, skills and the labour market from Four One Insights, free to read.
From the site: Explore thought leadership on workforce trends, emerging technologies, and skills development with FourOne Insights. Stay informed on the latest industry insights.
Why I recommend it: Analysis from a firm that sells into hiring teams, so read the recommendations with that in mind.
A research institute publishing free books, articles and policy analysis on economics, technology and civil liberties from a market-liberal perspective.
From the site: Explore Independent Institute’s latest research, articles, and insights on policy, liberty, and economics. Stay informed with expert analysis and innovative solutions.
Why I recommend it: Openly ideological — read it alongside sources that argue the other side.
Eliezer Yudkowsky's collected essays on reasoning, bias and AI risk, free to read online in full.
From the site: Between 2006 and 2009, senior MIRI researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote several hundred essays for the blogs Overcoming Bias and Less Wrong, collectively called
Why I recommend it: Long, opinionated and free. Read it for the thinking habits, not as settled fact.
A free newsletter explaining ideas in AI in plain English — mostly what and why, a little how.
From the site: Ideas in AI, preferably in English. Mostly what and why, a little how. Click to read Very Sane AI Newsletter, by SE Gyges, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
Why I recommend it: A good weekly read if you want to understand AI without the hype or the math.
Robin Hanson's long-running blog on why we believe and do what we do, and what our descendants might do — free to read.
From the site: This is a blog on why we believe and do what we do, why we pretend otherwise, how we might do better, and what our descendants might do, if they don't all die. Click to read Overcoming Bias, by Robin Hanson, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
Why I recommend it: Deliberately contrarian. Useful for pressure-testing your own assumptions.
The central free hub for effective altruism — essays, career guidance and research on how to do the most good with your time and money.
From the site: Effective altruism is a philosophy and a movement that asks the question: how can we do the most good with our time, money, and resources?
Why I recommend it: useful career thinking here, and a movement with real critics — read both.
