10 Friday AM Reads

My end-of-week morning reads include an analysis of AI's impact on the labor market, as Ben Carlson explores the history and performance of the Bloomberg Aggregate bond benchmark. Lauren Leek shares her experience outsourcing big decisions to a chatbot while keeping small decisions her own, explaining why AI can be a valuable tool for some choices.

Slate discusses Meta's Muse app, designed to handle internet tasks, but faces resistance from big tech companies. Bloomberg reports that municipal bond managers are seeing yields high enough to rival stock returns after a historic selloff. Giles Wilkes writes about two opposing societies, Elf-land and Orc-land, with vastly different productivity focuses, highlighting the idiosyncratic nature of progress.

Vox explores how Disney World's utility tunnels could potentially save America billions annually, addressing underground infrastructure challenges. Chief Investment Officer discusses the growing trend of NIMBYism and its implications for data center investing, advocating for caution and diversification. In New York Times, legal scholars debate the potential legal liability for AI companies when their systems malfunction.

Stat shares insights on vaccine skepticism, learning about trust in science from two decades of conversations with vaccine-hesitant parents. Foreign Affairs examines the ongoing tensions between America and Iran, with little prospect for victory, while Quanta Magazine discusses the groundbreaking discovery that gravity may be holographic, and its implications for our understanding of reality.

Finally, The Wall Street Journal covers the Yankees' old-school strategy to conquer October, trusting their starters to go long in a bid for their first championship since 2009.