Runar Wiksnes
@rwiksnes.bsky.social
Samfunnsengasjert siviløkonom. Part i arbeidslivet. NHH alumni.
Perhaps increased manufacturing employment feels comforting, safe, how things "should be". Nostalgia is a powerful thing.
April 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Perhaps increased manufacturing employment feels comforting, safe, how things "should be". Nostalgia is a powerful thing.
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Here's the core absurdity of sinking so much into restoring domestic manufacturing:
"This is a lot of economic pain to throw around for an industry that decreasingly uses people."
"This is a lot of economic pain to throw around for an industry that decreasingly uses people."
This is fascinating: On the pod, @kedseconomist.com cites the example of a US manufacturer of board games to explain what's wrong with Trump's tariffs and why unleashing so much pain and turmoil to restore manufacturing is an incoherent goal.
Transcript here:
newrepublic.com/article/1937...
Transcript here:
newrepublic.com/article/1937...
April 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Here's the core absurdity of sinking so much into restoring domestic manufacturing:
"This is a lot of economic pain to throw around for an industry that decreasingly uses people."
"This is a lot of economic pain to throw around for an industry that decreasingly uses people."
Reposted by Runar Wiksnes
Read. Every. Word.
This is fascinating: On the pod, @kedseconomist.com cites the example of a US manufacturer of board games to explain what's wrong with Trump's tariffs and why unleashing so much pain and turmoil to restore manufacturing is an incoherent goal.
Transcript here:
newrepublic.com/article/1937...
Transcript here:
newrepublic.com/article/1937...
April 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Read. Every. Word.
This translates well into many domains.
When we automated welding, we traded high quality@low volumes for low quality@much higher volumes (+ higher control costs).
Welding is arguably less complex than writing, its volume/quality trade-off is different. Plus LLMs err in less predictable ways.
When we automated welding, we traded high quality@low volumes for low quality@much higher volumes (+ higher control costs).
Welding is arguably less complex than writing, its volume/quality trade-off is different. Plus LLMs err in less predictable ways.
Talked to UIPath CEO Daniel Dines about automating the workforce and have spent a lot of time thinking about this exchange since www.theverge.com/decoder-podc...
April 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
This translates well into many domains.
When we automated welding, we traded high quality@low volumes for low quality@much higher volumes (+ higher control costs).
Welding is arguably less complex than writing, its volume/quality trade-off is different. Plus LLMs err in less predictable ways.
When we automated welding, we traded high quality@low volumes for low quality@much higher volumes (+ higher control costs).
Welding is arguably less complex than writing, its volume/quality trade-off is different. Plus LLMs err in less predictable ways.
Noen som bruker ChatGPT, Copilot eller andre generative KI-teknologier til faktisk verdiskapende arbeid? Hvilke deler av prosessen inngår det i? Og er du fornøyd?
#ai #ki #chatgpt #copilot
#ai #ki #chatgpt #copilot
My company forced us to use GitHub Copilot as some kind of efficiency measure. I spent a good three hours today trying to tweak a couple lines of code while it gave me confidently wrong suggestions on what to do. I finally gave up and found what I was looking for on my first Stack Overflow hit.
April 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Motivene er fornuftige nok: adressere underskudd i utenriksregnskapet og kinesisk handelsjuks. Men den valgte fremgangsmåten er totalt uegnet til å nå målene, alvorlig selvskadende og prosessen er hinsides enhver fornuft - akkurat slik mannen på toppen vil ha det.
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A) Trump personally picked the tariff formula from a list of options
B) did so over “numerous more sophisticated approaches” offered
C) formula has Navarro’s fingerprints all over it
(Gift link) wapo.st/41ZBJk0
A) Trump personally picked the tariff formula from a list of options
B) did so over “numerous more sophisticated approaches” offered
C) formula has Navarro’s fingerprints all over it
(Gift link) wapo.st/41ZBJk0
Inside President Trump’s whirlwind decision to upend global trade
Why did Trump impose tariffs? Inside the advice that shaped his decision.
wapo.st
April 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Motivene er fornuftige nok: adressere underskudd i utenriksregnskapet og kinesisk handelsjuks. Men den valgte fremgangsmåten er totalt uegnet til å nå målene, alvorlig selvskadende og prosessen er hinsides enhver fornuft - akkurat slik mannen på toppen vil ha det.
Minimum 10 % toll på absolutt alle land og territorier - fra Kina til Heard og McDonalds-øyene (som kun er bosatt av pingviner).
Bortsett fra Russland.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bortsett fra Russland.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump tariffs list: See all the tariffs by country
A table showing all the new US tariffs announced by President Trump on Wednesday
www.bbc.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Minimum 10 % toll på absolutt alle land og territorier - fra Kina til Heard og McDonalds-øyene (som kun er bosatt av pingviner).
Bortsett fra Russland.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bortsett fra Russland.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mannen er åpenbart synsk!
The Trump tweet about impeaching any president who presides over a big stock market drop is bogus. But this is a real Truth Social post from last year.
April 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Mannen er åpenbart synsk!
Vi har i hvert fall 200 års historie med at mennesker føler at maskiner truer deres livsgrunnlag, men først nå truer maskinen med å automatisere det liver består av.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AI promises to free up time. But what if it spares us from learning, writing, painting and exploring the world? | Joseph Earp
If I reduced my existence to a series of ChatGPT prompts, the act of my living is only shorter – not better
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Vi har i hvert fall 200 års historie med at mennesker føler at maskiner truer deres livsgrunnlag, men først nå truer maskinen med å automatisere det liver består av.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“Simply put: I don’t know where this endless march of shortening the act of living leads us to. AI promises to free up time. But if what it spares us from is learning from our friends, writing, painting and exploring the world, then what, actually, are we meant to do with that time?”
AI promises to free up time. But what if it spares us from learning, writing, painting and exploring the world? | Joseph Earp
If I reduced my existence to a series of ChatGPT prompts, the act of my living is only shorter – not better
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“Simply put: I don’t know where this endless march of shortening the act of living leads us to. AI promises to free up time. But if what it spares us from is learning from our friends, writing, painting and exploring the world, then what, actually, are we meant to do with that time?”
Finansdepartementet vurderer å bruke språkmodeller til å sammenfatte høringssvar for å spare arbeidstid. Jeg tror det er uklokt.
Ja, dette kan automatiseres, men bør det?
For blir du egentlig hørt hvis ikke meningen din leses av et eneste menneske?
www.linkedin.com/posts/runarw...
Ja, dette kan automatiseres, men bør det?
For blir du egentlig hørt hvis ikke meningen din leses av et eneste menneske?
www.linkedin.com/posts/runarw...
Ja, dette kan automatiseres, men bør det?
Jeg heier på anvendelse av… | Runar Wiksnes
Ja, dette kan automatiseres, men bør det?
Jeg heier på anvendelse av teknologi i forvaltningen! Men som en som kjenner til LLMenes muligheter og…
www.linkedin.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Finansdepartementet vurderer å bruke språkmodeller til å sammenfatte høringssvar for å spare arbeidstid. Jeg tror det er uklokt.
Ja, dette kan automatiseres, men bør det?
For blir du egentlig hørt hvis ikke meningen din leses av et eneste menneske?
www.linkedin.com/posts/runarw...
Ja, dette kan automatiseres, men bør det?
For blir du egentlig hørt hvis ikke meningen din leses av et eneste menneske?
www.linkedin.com/posts/runarw...
Enda et eksempel på at institusjonen "Det Hvite Hus" er, og alltid har vært, summen av handlingene til individene som bekler rollene. Du kan ikke forskriftsfeste anstendighet, selvrespekt og pliktfølelse. Det forvaltes av presidenten, som er nominert av partiet - hvis portvokterrolle er fundamentet.
SignalGate Is Bad; But OPSEC Isn’t Even the Worst Part Of It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/signa...
SignalGate Is Bad; But OPSEC Isn’t Even the Worst Part Of It
I haven’t had time to comment on the Jeff Goldberg’s story about...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Enda et eksempel på at institusjonen "Det Hvite Hus" er, og alltid har vært, summen av handlingene til individene som bekler rollene. Du kan ikke forskriftsfeste anstendighet, selvrespekt og pliktfølelse. Det forvaltes av presidenten, som er nominert av partiet - hvis portvokterrolle er fundamentet.
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1/7
Good NYT article. While most analysts focus on the things China can do to boost consumption by enough that it can begin to lead economic growth, Bradsher again focuses on why this is easier said than done.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/b...
Good NYT article. While most analysts focus on the things China can do to boost consumption by enough that it can begin to lead economic growth, Bradsher again focuses on why this is easier said than done.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/b...
China’s Tax Revenue Declines as Its Leaders Brace for Trump’s Tariffs
Tax revenues have fallen, leaving the government with less money to help consumers or exporters as Beijing braces for President Trump’s tariffs.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
1/7
Good NYT article. While most analysts focus on the things China can do to boost consumption by enough that it can begin to lead economic growth, Bradsher again focuses on why this is easier said than done.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/b...
Good NYT article. While most analysts focus on the things China can do to boost consumption by enough that it can begin to lead economic growth, Bradsher again focuses on why this is easier said than done.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/b...
Oh, boy! Just wait until you guys try universal social insurance 🤯 It's another banger from the economic playbook 💯
Congestion pricing is an unqualified triumph. One of the most immediately, strikingly successful public policies of my lifetime.
“The MTA as a whole is averaging 448K more public transit riders per day this year…The MTA ridership growth since congestion pricing went into effect is almost 50% larger than the total ridership of America’s next-largest subway system.” bettercities.substack.com/p/congestion...
March 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Oh, boy! Just wait until you guys try universal social insurance 🤯 It's another banger from the economic playbook 💯
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This story is fucking bonkers
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This story is fucking bonkers
"It's the pre-distribution economy, stupid."
Will this make most GOP voters worse off? Absolutely.
Yet they prefer it to the alternative - a statement to how mass mis-information lead to perverse outcomes.
Will this make most GOP voters worse off? Absolutely.
Yet they prefer it to the alternative - a statement to how mass mis-information lead to perverse outcomes.
The Trump tax plan only works by cutting public services.
This incredible visualization combines the potential tax cuts (which mostly go to the rich) and loss of services (mostly borne by the poor).
It is a giant wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...
This incredible visualization combines the potential tax cuts (which mostly go to the rich) and loss of services (mostly borne by the poor).
It is a giant wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...
March 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"It's the pre-distribution economy, stupid."
Will this make most GOP voters worse off? Absolutely.
Yet they prefer it to the alternative - a statement to how mass mis-information lead to perverse outcomes.
Will this make most GOP voters worse off? Absolutely.
Yet they prefer it to the alternative - a statement to how mass mis-information lead to perverse outcomes.
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This 100%. The acts of "quiet appeasement" by so many of America's universities (and corporations, but that's another topic) are not just shameful, they are also terrible strategy in the face of authoritarianism.
“Imagine the chief executives of America’s top universities and richest corporations…issued a public statement that spoke clearly and loudly about the dangers…” Those who speak out will at least put themselves on the right side of history. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
When Will US Academia and Business Speak Up Against Trump? | by Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate
Dani Rodrik argues that leaders in both sectors bear a disproportionate responsibility to come to democracy's defense.
www.project-syndicate.org
March 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This 100%. The acts of "quiet appeasement" by so many of America's universities (and corporations, but that's another topic) are not just shameful, they are also terrible strategy in the face of authoritarianism.
Denne debatten burde norske redaktører ta med hjem. Hvordan skal man dekke eklatante brudd på etablerte lover og regler, hvis man forventer at høyesterett kan komme til å endre definisjonen i fremtiden?
March 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Denne debatten burde norske redaktører ta med hjem. Hvordan skal man dekke eklatante brudd på etablerte lover og regler, hvis man forventer at høyesterett kan komme til å endre definisjonen i fremtiden?
Forbilledlig kampvilje!
I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
March 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Forbilledlig kampvilje!
Må alltid revolusjonære også være revisjonistiske? Flere av disse grepene virker direkte nedrige.
New, from me:
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
Whitewashing American history
The Trump Presidency as a project of erasure
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Må alltid revolusjonære også være revisjonistiske? Flere av disse grepene virker direkte nedrige.
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"Dersom en nå virkelig skal være realistiske og se situasjonen som den faktisk er, bør en anse utpressingen Ukraina nå utsettes for, som et forvarsel om hva Europa og Norge selv går i møte" www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/kommen...
Snorre Valen: Vi må ikke redusere ukrainerne til statister
De selverklærte realistene i Ukraina-debatten sliter selv med å realitetsorientere seg, skriver Snorre Valen.
www.morgenbladet.no
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"Dersom en nå virkelig skal være realistiske og se situasjonen som den faktisk er, bør en anse utpressingen Ukraina nå utsettes for, som et forvarsel om hva Europa og Norge selv går i møte" www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/kommen...
Apropos @kvaloy.bsky.social i @dagensnaeringsliv.bsky.social
Ledere i petrostater skaffer seg alltid rådyre og ulønnsomme hobbyer. Emiratene valgte seg europeiske fotballklubber, i Norge er det grønn industri.
Begge er ressurssløseri, men førstnevnte gir i det minste tusener av fans økt glede.
Ledere i petrostater skaffer seg alltid rådyre og ulønnsomme hobbyer. Emiratene valgte seg europeiske fotballklubber, i Norge er det grønn industri.
Begge er ressurssløseri, men førstnevnte gir i det minste tusener av fans økt glede.
February 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Apropos @kvaloy.bsky.social i @dagensnaeringsliv.bsky.social
Ledere i petrostater skaffer seg alltid rådyre og ulønnsomme hobbyer. Emiratene valgte seg europeiske fotballklubber, i Norge er det grønn industri.
Begge er ressurssløseri, men førstnevnte gir i det minste tusener av fans økt glede.
Ledere i petrostater skaffer seg alltid rådyre og ulønnsomme hobbyer. Emiratene valgte seg europeiske fotballklubber, i Norge er det grønn industri.
Begge er ressurssløseri, men førstnevnte gir i det minste tusener av fans økt glede.
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Der var kronikken ute, ref også brillefint intervju med @polslet.bsky.social i Aftenposten i går.
January 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Der var kronikken ute, ref også brillefint intervju med @polslet.bsky.social i Aftenposten i går.
81 000 nye gründere, sier statsministeren. Av disse var 39 000 enkeltpersonforetak og 29 900 i AS uten ansatte. Bare 5575 etablerte AS med ansatte - med unntak av 2022 det laveste antallet siden 2010.
Veksten i ENK de siste årene har vært drevet av drosjesjåfører med utenlandsk opprinnelse.
Veksten i ENK de siste årene har vært drevet av drosjesjåfører med utenlandsk opprinnelse.
January 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
81 000 nye gründere, sier statsministeren. Av disse var 39 000 enkeltpersonforetak og 29 900 i AS uten ansatte. Bare 5575 etablerte AS med ansatte - med unntak av 2022 det laveste antallet siden 2010.
Veksten i ENK de siste årene har vært drevet av drosjesjåfører med utenlandsk opprinnelse.
Veksten i ENK de siste årene har vært drevet av drosjesjåfører med utenlandsk opprinnelse.
@terjeerikstad.bsky.social lurte på om vi hadde forlest oss på Donald Duck. Fin anledning til å kvakke litt om skatteregimet i Andeby!
December 6, 2024 at 10:05 AM
@terjeerikstad.bsky.social lurte på om vi hadde forlest oss på Donald Duck. Fin anledning til å kvakke litt om skatteregimet i Andeby!