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Henry Farrell
Personal blog · henryfarrell.netpoliticsai
Henry Farrell's personal blog at henryfarrell.net covers politics and ai. Since 2020, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Large AI models are cultural and social technologies”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-10, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Henry Farrell's blog on international relations and economic interdependence. The comment cites his work on 'weaponized interdependence' as a source for the idea that trade ties can enable conflict short of invasion.
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Most-linked posts?
- Large AI models are cultural and social technologies2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-03-15
What Hacker News says?
You might be right over the long term, we don't know yet. Related observations have been made - people used to talk about how countries with MacDonald's franchises never went to war. But it does open up avenues for conflict less intense than invasion. The term 'weaponized interdependence' has recently been coined for this. An exploration: http://henryfarrell.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Weapon...
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on “Is It Time to Rethink Globalized Supply Chains?”Submitted Large AI models are cultural and social technologies as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Large AI models are cultural and social technologies as a story · 2 points
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