Current Affairs
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Current Affairs is a recurring publication in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between October 10, 2024 and March 06, 2026. The archive places it in contexts such as “Current Affairs , another socialist magazine, also ha”; “Current Affairs , another socialist magazine, also had a good article”; “Current Affairs has a good article (?!) that pushes back”. It most often appears alongside California, Garry Tan, Gavin Newsom.
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- Category: Publications
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: October 10, 2024
- Last seen: March 06, 2026
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- California (2 shared issues)
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- Garry Tan (2 shared issues)
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- Gavin Newsom (2 shared issues)
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- Google (2 shared issues)
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- Governor Newsom (2 shared issues)
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- Politico (2 shared issues)
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- Silicon Valley (2 shared issues)
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- 2026 Billionaire Tax Act (1 shared issues)
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- 80,000 Hours (1 shared issues)
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- @GroundHogStrat (1 shared issues)
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- A.I. salons (1 shared issues)
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- ACX legal and economic analysis team (1 shared issues)
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
Current Affairs, another socialist magazine, also had a good article, Surely AI Safety Legislation Is A No-Brainer. The magazine’s editor, Nathan Robinson4, openly talked about how his opinion had shifted:
Inline links: Surely AI Safety Legislation Is A No-Brainer, 4
It appears to value company stakes by voting rights rather than ownership, so a typical founder who maintains control of their company despite dilution might see themselves taxed for more than they have. Garry Tan explains the math here with reference to Google. However, Current Affairs has a good article (?!) that pushes back, saying the proposal exempts public companies like Google. Although private companies would still be affected, this would be so obviously unfair that founders would easily win an exemption based on a provision allowing them to appeal nonsensical results. Still, some might counterobject that proposed legislation is generally supposed to be good, rather than so bad that its victims will easily win on appeal.
Inline links: explains the math here, Current Affairs has a good article