Many of us have been conditioned to glorify more—more degrees, more skills, more certifications. But what if the real power lies not in adding, but in pausing? In taking a moment to examine the ...

The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to a trio of researchers Monday for their work on how cycles of technological innovation feed economic growth. Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University, Peter ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research into the impact of innovation on economic growth and how new technologies replace older ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the prize for showing how “society must keep an eye on the factors that generate and sustain economic growth,” an award committee member said. By Eshe ...

The 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize for Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to three researchers who have shown how technological and scientific innovation, coupled to market ...

During her residency in emergency medicine, Archana Shrestha, MD, MS, would fall asleep at stoplights on the drive home after night shifts. Archana Shrestha, MD, MS “It happened a few times,” she ...

I wrote my first Econoclast column for this magazine 15 years ago, in the spring of 2010. The economy at the time was recovering from the deepest recession since the 1930s. As I argued in the column, ...

Charlie Mackesy's "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" inspires reflection on the importance of unlearning ingrained beliefs and biases. Unlearning is presented as a process of growth, not ...

New research shows models can be directly edited to hide selected voices, even when users specifically ask for them. A technique known as “machine unlearning” could teach AI models to forget specific ...

I’ve been in too many rooms where the “smartest” person was the least awake. You know the type. Confident to the point of delusion. Talking like they’ve swallowed a leadership manual whole. Quick with ...

Unlearning is essential to learning. Critical thinking, a growth mindset, and continuous learning are all steps to take to improve our understanding, knowledge, and wisdom. However, many of us ...

In a groundbreaking advancement for privacy and utility in recommendation systems, researchers have developed a novel method for unlearning in Large Language Models (LLMs) used for recommendations.