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Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (he/him) • Political economist @policyalternatives.ca • Climate, AI, industrial policy 🌎💡⚙️🇨🇦
👤 Joined on 24 January 2024
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@hadrianmk.bsky.socialGreat new report from @hadrianmk.bsky.social and @policyalternatives.ca Think twice: A citizen’s guide to artificial intelligence in Canada. The harms outweigh the speculative benefits of #AI adoption. Canadians should be prepared to push back. #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Show Post“The actual announcement happened on a stage surrounded by doctors … but that is not the AI that we are experiencing as citizens, as consumers, as businesses” @hadrianmk.bsky.social argues that the push for data centres and gen AI uptake is mismatched with their usefulness and impact on workers
Show PostFun start to #Broadbent2025 chatting green industrial policy w/ @alexcoolfergus.bsky.social @brhaley.bsky.social @hadrianmk.bsky.social! Markets are not like calculators. They are complex ecosystems shaped by human intervention. We can - and must - direct them to support people and planet.
Show PostIf you game it out, there's really no viable pathway for an American annexation of Canada. There are simply too make complicating forces working against it. Here's a breakdown of the 6 main strategic pathways for annexation, and why they are each unlikely to work: open.substack.com/pub/thetrade...
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