AI, Antitrust, and the Future of the Marketplace of Ideas

AI was sold as a tool to broaden the marketplace of ideas. Instead, a handful of platforms now control how truth travels, shaping what we see, starving journalism, and locking new AI rivals out of the data democracy needs to survive.
In 1919, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously wrote that truth prevails when ideas compete freely. This marketplace of ideas metaphor has shaped our democracy: when ideas circulate and compete, truth wins out.

Retailers are quietly changing their return policies – here’s why you should be on the lookout this Black Friday

’Tis the season for giving – and that means ’tis the season for shopping. Maybe you’ll splurge on a Black Friday or Cyber Monday deal, thinking, “I’ll just return it if they don’t like it.” But before you click “buy,” it’s worth knowing that many retailers have quietly tightened their return policies in recent years.

Retailers are quietly changing their return policies – here’s why you should be on the lookout this Black Friday

’Tis the season for giving – and that means ’tis the season for shopping. Maybe you’ll splurge on a Black Friday or Cyber Monday deal, thinking, “I’ll just return it if they don’t like it.” But before you click “buy,” it’s worth knowing that many retailers have quietly tightened their return policies in recent years.

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