David Schatsky
@dschatsky.bsky.social
Business/tech trends, AI, economics/public policy, mild sarcasm.
Tech and Geopolitics Fellow, @belfercenter.bsky.social / @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
Founder, Tenon Research
Posing/answering key questions about AI: https://unfoldingai.substack.com/
Tech and Geopolitics Fellow, @belfercenter.bsky.social / @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
Founder, Tenon Research
Posing/answering key questions about AI: https://unfoldingai.substack.com/
After the awful shooting in Washington, D.C., Trump said he will pause immigration from "Third-World Countries." So I'm posting this chart I made from data from www.theviolenceproject.org/mass-shooter...
Mass shootings in this country are overwhelmingly perpetrated by U.S. citizens.
Mass shootings in this country are overwhelmingly perpetrated by U.S. citizens.
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
After the awful shooting in Washington, D.C., Trump said he will pause immigration from "Third-World Countries." So I'm posting this chart I made from data from www.theviolenceproject.org/mass-shooter...
Mass shootings in this country are overwhelmingly perpetrated by U.S. citizens.
Mass shootings in this country are overwhelmingly perpetrated by U.S. citizens.
Rigorous analysis of a high-quality national survey suggests that generative AI may be accelerating productivity growth in our economy. Some companies are counting on it, and putting employees on notice.
What are you seeing?
open.substack.com/pub/unfoldin...
What are you seeing?
open.substack.com/pub/unfoldin...
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Rigorous analysis of a high-quality national survey suggests that generative AI may be accelerating productivity growth in our economy. Some companies are counting on it, and putting employees on notice.
What are you seeing?
open.substack.com/pub/unfoldin...
What are you seeing?
open.substack.com/pub/unfoldin...
Spoiler alert.
That's it.
That's it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Spoiler alert.
That's it.
That's it.
The frontiers of science:
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The frontiers of science:
You know how Covid took a couple of years of schooling away from kids?
Here are more reasons that this is bad bad bad.
marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
Here are more reasons that this is bad bad bad.
marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
You know how Covid took a couple of years of schooling away from kids?
Here are more reasons that this is bad bad bad.
marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
Here are more reasons that this is bad bad bad.
marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
I am always amazed by people who don't acknowledge limits to what they can accomplish.
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I am always amazed by people who don't acknowledge limits to what they can accomplish.
Return on the arts. We don't see analysis like this enough.
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Return on the arts. We don't see analysis like this enough.
To be fair, these fellows are very bright.
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
To be fair, these fellows are very bright.
It's kind of nuts that Nvidia chips are like weapons grade uranium or fentanyl.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
It's kind of nuts that Nvidia chips are like weapons grade uranium or fentanyl.
Kudos to the FT for putting "AI leader" in quotes.
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Kudos to the FT for putting "AI leader" in quotes.
No. That is the whole story.
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
No. That is the whole story.
Do NOT believe your eyes
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Do NOT believe your eyes
Sigh.
Release the Epstein files first.
Release the Epstein files first.
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Sigh.
Release the Epstein files first.
Release the Epstein files first.
I found myself before a shelf of Science, & Technology Studies works
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I found myself before a shelf of Science, & Technology Studies works
I, too, commit to spending $1.5 trillion.
Hell, make it $1.6 trillion.
Hell, make it $1.6 trillion.
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I, too, commit to spending $1.5 trillion.
Hell, make it $1.6 trillion.
Hell, make it $1.6 trillion.
Businesses press Supreme Court to strike down Donald Trump’s emergency tariff power - on.ft.com/4hBsYm6 via @FT
November 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Businesses press Supreme Court to strike down Donald Trump’s emergency tariff power - on.ft.com/4hBsYm6 via @FT