economic development
Writing about our economy.
Writing about our economy.
The number of Canadians living in raw, material deprivation appears to be decreasing as compared to spikes in the 1990s, but the ability of low-income Canadians to participate in the benefits of increased economic outputs in relative terms appears fairly flat. We need more solutions to address this.
AI companies are drawing on massive datasets to build large language models (LLM), often breaking various aspects of copyright law. We need new and better systems to share the value created from these kinds of systems.
A few thoughts on why Vancouver is still a young city, and what it could do to grow up.