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When the Robots Take Over... - Cautionary Questions

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

Exploring Investments, Bitcoin Mining, and Scientific Funding

This chapter covers a range of topics including investing in cryptocurrency versus traditional businesses, Bitcoin mining's social implications, the funding of scientific research, and incentivizing development of critical medical treatments like new antibiotics. Discussions touch on circulation of money, impacts on inflation and economic stimulation, and how different funding systems influence breakthrough success in research.

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