What Henry Farrell thinks about innovation
Professor of international affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS and co-author, with Abraham Newman, of Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Henry Farrell has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsthe best way to think about AI is as another social, political, cultural and economic shock in the series of shocks that have been underway over the long industrial revolution.
↗How should social science think about AI?programmablemutter.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsWhat we do know from economics, is that trajectories of technological development are often associated with increasing returns.
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