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“Money won’t matter in 2036,” claims @elonmusk on the latest episode of The Insider. He tells @zannymb, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, how people will live when AI and robots can do every job and why he expects deflation, not inflation:
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.@elonmusk says there’s a “good chance” China will be the world leader in AI. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO also speaks to @zannymb about what’s holding back Chinese models—and why banning them won’t stop China from overtaking America. Watch the full Insider interview:
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.@elonmusk says zero people died from DOGE cuts to USAID. The billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, in his own words, helped feed the policy to the woodchipper last year, when he was the head of America’s Department of Government Efficiency. In an exclusive interview, @zannymb, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, challenges his claims:
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.@elonmusk believes that Britain is heading for “a reckoning”. @zannymb challenges him on that claim, his support for the far right and on the picture he paints of Britain to his hundreds of millions of followers. Watch the full Insider interview:
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Jordan Bardella’s journey from shy pale-faced teenager to head of France’s populist-right National Rally is remarkable. Register for free to learn why it could yet take another twist
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Five texts that explain how to write simply and well
There are good scientific reasons to tend to your microbiome. Having a diverse assortment of gut bugs, with plenty of the good kind, seems to confer broad health benefits. Here is how to go about it
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If you want to learn a language just for fun, start with Swedish. But if you really want to impress, bulk up your brain to master Cantonese or Korean
Jordan Bardella’s journey from shy pale-faced teenager to head of the populist-right National Rally is remarkable. Register for free to learn why it could yet take another twist
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Our senior economics writer picks five books for those starting to study the subject
At the moment, ADHD is considered something you either have or you don’t. This binary approach to diagnosis has two consequences
Marrying later, working harder and being better parents have diminished male friendships
Gone are the days when fashionistas worth their Vogue subscription wore Lululemon leggings for the coffee run, school run or just to run. Hotter rivals are gaining ground
Roughly half of the body’s VO2 max is determined by genetics. Age is also a factor. Improvements are nonetheless possible
The bottom has fallen out of the job market
Not long ago Hong Kong was declared dead by some financial commentators. Register for free to learn how it is reviving its fortunes
The AI boom is scrambling the economics of the subsea cable business and changing its geography. We explain how
You probably don’t want to know (but should)
Japan’s sprawling sex industry is thought to be worth ¥2trn-5trn ($12bn-31bn) a year. Lately a debate has raged over how the work is policed
The visa website of a country renowned for its people’s IT skills resembles a Geocities page from 1999. Register for free to discover why it is unlikely to improve any time soon
Illustration: Lehel Kovacs
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