Infonomena by Bret Swanson

A Giant In Every Sense

Bill Little, 1942-2025.

Jul 3 • 

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June 2025

Podcast: How the Exaflood Empowered a New Class of Experts

A conversation on information overload – both its giant benefits and dangerous downsides.

Jun 29 • 

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May 2025

Outrunning the Complacent Class

How the exaflood demolished the Covid pseudocrats and empowered a counter-elite.

May 20 • 

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March 2025

Ukraine in the Membrane

A conflict of visions helps explain the origin of the war – and how to resolve it. Foreign Policy Geniuses focus on rhetoric, but we argue facts…

Mar 27 • 

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February 2025

"Our Institutions Are Too Sterile."

Elliott Parker delivers a diagnosis of corporate stagnation – and a strategy to revive creativity and growth in the A.I. era.

Feb 14 • 

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January 2025

Correcting the Congressional Record on Covid Vaccines

A letter to the House Covid Committee on the "millions saved" claim

Jan 14 • 

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December 2024

Quick 2024 Space Update

The reusable revolution; Starlink continues to lead the way.

Dec 31, 2024 • 

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The Giant Productivity Gap

And the potential for A.I. and DOGE to unleash a new productivity boom.

Dec 11, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Our Election Estimate Favors Optimistic "Back to the Future" Coalition

Early vote tilts to GOP. Democrats need extraordinary Election Day vote.

Nov 5, 2024 • 

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October 2024

If Trump Wins

Inflation, deportation, Ukraine, Vance, censorship, sabotage: Eighteen things on our mind.

Oct 25, 2024 • 

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"A Billion Times" A.I. Inference Increase

Nvidia surges, again; Google buys 500 MW of nuclear power; Oklo gets DOE approval; Amazon invests in X-energy.

Oct 17, 2024 • 

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September 2024

An Energy Epiphany?

A.I. is pushing Microsoft, Amazon, and even big banks to prioritize energy abundance. Will the EPA and SEC continue standing in their way?

Sep 25, 2024 • 

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