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I don’t know if anything in this story is true. But if this was a story I needed to write, this would be a great potential starting point. Comparing them to t

• ghaff 4y ago
  I write a fair bit and have played with ChatGPT and my conclusion is this: On the one hand, there is no way that I could just hand ChatGPT output straight to an editor. At the same time--at least for certain types of stories--ChatGPT output is going to save some time relative to a blank page and it may even prompt you with some points you haven't thought of. You have to fact check and make it less formulaic and otherwise spruce things up. But I bet it could save me a couple hours on some articles.
• jimmySixDOF 4y ago
  Tim Harford did a recent live talk podcast discussing how our concept of the Tulip Mania is mostly a sensationalized version : >Recorded before an audience at the Bristol Festival of Economics (11/17/2022) > The Dutch went so potty over tulip bulbs in the 1600s that many were ruined when the inflated prices they were paying for the plants collapsed - that's the oft-repeated story later promoted by best-selling Scottish writer Charles Mackay. It's actually a gross exaggeration. >Mackay's writings about economic bubbles bursting entertained and informed his Victorian readers - and continue to influence us today - but how did Mackey fare when faced with a stock market mania right before his eyes? The railway-building boom of the 1840s showed he wasn't so insightful after all. > For a full list of sources used in this episode visit Tim Harford.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.