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We're back with the 24th edition of our weekly digest, highlighting a few hand-selected pieces from the past week or so.

Check them out and let us know which is your favorite!

Norway Shrugged

@hagaetc writes about the exodus of Norwegian entrepreneurs, driven by an untenable wealth tax on unrealized gains, highlighting the urgent need for Norway to abandon punitive taxation policies and foster innovation to ensure a sustainable post-oil economy.

In the past two years alone, a staggering 100 of Norway’s top 400 taxpayers, representing about 50% of that group’s wealth, have fled the country to protect their businesses.

#marcozine n.19

@mdean shares how AI art’s true potential lies in its ability to transcend its inherent aesthetic, enabling cross-media experimentation and ambiguity, even as the majority of the space still gravitates toward “truthful” AI art that conforms to its recognizable style.

AI is a marvellous tool which allows for an inherent aesthetic, OR any aesthetic you like. That’s its power.

What did Marc Andreessen see?

@yb writes about the rise of onchain AI and how it's being driven by open-source experimentation and collaboration between crypto and AI pioneers.

The key point I want all of you to takeaway here is that if you want to understand how this agent meta will play out, your best bet is to follow these AI hackers closely and understand what’s top of mind for them.

The Unseen Cost of AI

@n1ftey writes about the urgent need to address exploitative corporate practices in AI development, advocating for ethical frameworks that prioritize transparency, fair compensation, and collaboration to empower creators rather than exploit them.

The problem lies not with the tools but with the corporations that wield them.

In the future everything will be tokenized but maybe not by you

@ccarella shares an experiment in launching a memecoin in an attempt to better understand the implications of personal tokenization in a world where everything is destined to be tokenized.

If everything is going to be tokenized, that will include your likeness and if anyone can tokenize anything, you should tokenize it first.

Ontario cities are finally lowering development charges

@brandondonnelly explores how Ontario cities, led by Vaughan, are addressing skyrocketing development charges that have hindered housing affordability, marking a crucial step toward alleviating the burden on homebuyers and improving access to housing.

We have a housing affordability crisis and it’s time for us to get real about the solutions needed to solve it.

That's all we have for this week — what did we miss?

Let us know what you think!