Seattle

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Bruce Agnew and Jay W. Richards
September 4, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Cascadia

Bringing ACES Vehicle Technology to the Puget Sound Region

Bruce Agnew and Jay W. Richards
September 4, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Cascadia
Jay Richards interviews Bruce Agnew, Director of the ACES Northwest Network, about the collective’s work to bring Automated, Connected, Electric, and Shared vehicle technologies to the Puget Sound region. Agnew says that 5G will be key in implementing autonomous vehicles as it will increase bandwidth and reduce latency, thus adding a degree of technical capacity and safety. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
July 16, 2020
Economics

The Harm in “Harm Reduction”

Christopher Rufo
July 16, 2020
Economics
As cities in the United States, including San Francisco, Denver, Philadelphia, and Seattle, consider opening their own safe-injection sites, they should understand the full consequences of these practices. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
July 9, 2020
Economics

Cult Programming in Seattle

Christopher Rufo
July 9, 2020
Economics
Last month, the City of Seattle’s Office of Civil Rights sent an email inviting “white City employees” to attend a training session on “Interrupting Internalized Racial Superiority and Whiteness.” Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
June 16, 2020
Economics

The State of CHAZ

Christopher Rufo
June 16, 2020
Economics
The new state of CHAZ has evolved. Over the past week, left-wing protesters have transformed the surrounding neighborhood into the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), hoping to create a new political authority based on social-justice principles. Read More ›
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Photo by the Black Rose Organization.
Christopher Rufo
June 11, 2020
Economics

Anarchy in Seattle

Christopher Rufo
June 11, 2020
Economics
Seattle’s hard-Left secessionist movement has claimed its first territory: six blocks in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Read More ›
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Discovery Institute
January 29, 2020
Cascadia, Discovery Institute, Technology

Discovery Founding Chairman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From Seattle Business Magazine

Discovery Institute
January 29, 2020
Cascadia, Discovery Institute, Technology

Discovery Institute founding board chair Tom Alberg, who served on the board from 1991 to 2004, has been given a lifetime achievement award by Seattle Business Magazine for what they call his “uncanny knack for anticipating tech’s next blockbuster hit.” In addition to his tech senses, he also has a deep understanding of transportation and mobility challenges in the Puget Read More ›

Homeless-on-Bench
Christopher Rufo
June 13, 2019
Economics

An Addiction Crisis Disguised as a Housing Crisis

Christopher Rufo
June 13, 2019
Economics
By latest count, some 109,089 men and women are sleeping on the streets of major cities in California, Oregon, and Washington. The homelessness crisis in these cities has generated headlines and speculation about “root causes.” Progressive political activists allege that tech companies have inflated housing costs and forced middle-class people onto the streets. Declaring that “no two people living on Skid Row . . . ended up there for the same reasons,” Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti, for his part, blames a housing shortage, stagnant wages, cuts to mental health services, domestic and sexual abuse, shortcomings in criminal justice, and a lack of resources for veterans. These factors may all have played a role, but the most pervasive cause of West Coast homelessness is clear: heroin, fentanyl, and synthetic opioids. Read More ›