Rust in Numbers
Asterisk Magazineby Dan Bouk6 May 2026
I met Norm two decades ago. I recall him clothed in slacks and a button-down — I think it was the sort of shirt that featured a breast pocket expressly for carrying mechanical pencils.
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top 81%Are Prediction Markets Good for Anything?
Asterisk Magazineby Dan Schwarz29 Apr 2026
We all know they’re casinos. It’s time to look at the data behind the froth. In 2007, Nobel laureates Kenneth Arrow, Daniel Kahneman, and other notable scholars published a statement arguing that...
How Long Until AI Doesn’t Need Humans?
Asterisk Magazineby Ajeya Cotra; Timothy B Lee22 Apr 2026
How long until AI systems can sustain their own existence — such that, if every human died, they could keep growing their own population? METR’s Ajeya Cotra and Understanding AI’s Timothy B.
Shall We Play a Game?
Asterisk Magazineby Jon Peterson22 Apr 2026
Historian Jon Peterson traces the route from Prussian military headquarters to Gary Gygax’s basement.
Risk-Adjusted Return
Asterisk Magazineby The Editors15 Apr 2026
Risk has always been a preoccupation of ours. (It is, literally, in our name.) Our first editorial observed that our lives were “getting stranger and harder to predict by the minute.” Three years...
The Mystery in the Medicine Cabinet
Asterisk Magazineby Dynomight15 Apr 2026
Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and what doctors probably want you to know. Lots of people die after overdosing on acetaminophen (paracetamol, often sold as Tylenol or Panadol).
The Sweet Lesson of Neuroscience
Asterisk Magazineby Adam Marblestone16 Feb 2026
Scientists once hoped that studying the brain would teach us how to build AI. Now, one AI researcher may have something to teach us about the brain.