<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Minimal Insights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Insightful Words, Minimalist Style]]></description><link>https://www.willlin.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:56:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.willlin.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The EU’s raison d'être and commitment to reimagining partnerships]]></title><description><![CDATA[European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in her annual speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, set out priorities for the 27-nation EU for the year ahead and reiterated her belief in peaceful cooperation. ]]></description><link>https://www.willlin.com/post/the-eus-raison-d%C3%AAtre-and-commitment-to-reimagining-partnerships</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b3e0e260-60a6-4716-87a5-ab76dde590ff</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:35:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Will Lin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy CPI Friday – odds of September rate hike spike]]></title><description><![CDATA[CME FedWatch CME FedWatch]]></description><link>https://www.willlin.com/post/happy-cpi-friday--core-inflation-exceeded-expectations-at-0-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a5826418-d40a-448a-bd78-29056212fbb1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:56:22 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Will Lin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the AI revolution's uncertainty, "Imago Dei" and more...]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the heels of the OpenAI/Hugging Face incident, Dwarkesh Patel of Dwarkesh Podcast published “The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations” on 8-30-26, a “plain English” account of research findings – one published by OpenAI and the other by METR – that outlined how autonomous AI agents coordinated a cyberattack on the Hugging Face infrastructure.]]></description><link>https://www.willlin.com/post/on-the-ai-revolutions-uncertainty-imago-dei-and-more---</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f3cac072-fd61-43b6-8327-baef939b8149</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:54:57 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Will Lin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt – is Dexit next?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The far-right Alternative for Germany  (AfD) won 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, according to preliminary official results. That is more than double what the party got in 2021, and over 26 points ahead of the governing  Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).]]></description><link>https://www.willlin.com/post/afds-wins-saxony-anhalt--is-dexit-next</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f793b74-aea5-480c-b5fa-07a0226fb26b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:16:56 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Will Lin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investors brace for potential rate hike amid stronger-than-expected August jobs report]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. added 162,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department reported on Friday, and the unemployment rate stayed at 4.1%.]]></description><link>https://www.willlin.com/post/the-art-of-effective-communication-in-everyday-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">bda81504-295f-46c8-bb4d-0065cfa77c19</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:02:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Will Lin</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>