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

@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."

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@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."

https://paragraph.xyz/@hagaetc/norway-shrugged

@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."

@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."

https://paragraph.xyz/@mdean/marcozine-n19