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1. Anecdotal: “But Herring’s refusal to give up his @Tennessee handle, federal prosecutors say, led to a night in which the shocking and confusing sight of police with their guns drawn outside his home caused the computer programmer to suffer a massive heart attack that killed him. His death in Bethpage, Tenn., was triggered by […] The post Sunday assorted links appeared first on...

And I actually would go so far as to say that I think that might be one of, if not the biggest technological challenge that our industry will face in the next decade. We tend to really celebrate things that are big, right? But I actually think miniaturizing things and getting a supercomputer to fit […] The post Mark Zuckerberg and the metaverse appeared...

Yes, wrapped in clear shrink wrap.  So you can’t page through them and see what the book might be like.  I can think of a few hypotheses: 1. They don’t want you standing in the bookstore reading the thing, rather than buying it.  A bit like some U.S. comics news stands in days past.  Yet […] The post Why do they keep the books...

That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt: First, if you do it right, most of your best meals will be eaten before 3 p.m., sometimes even before 10 a.m. Most “comida popular,” as it is called, is sold in the earlier parts of the work day, as the evening […] The post How to find the best food...

What do you all recommend I do here? I thank you in advance for the kind assistance. The post Monterrey, Mexico bleg appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsYour a foody. Talk to 'Monterey Jack.' Next time, try ... by IrwinRead the travel advisory for Mexico before you go. There is a ... by joanTacos al Compadre by GregPIn reply to Cellador. Cannery Row...

1. New Kalshi prediction markets in beta form. 2. The Austin Vernon blog.  Or better link here. 3. The game theory of the infrastructure bill. 4. Should doctors be on first name terms?  And U.S. rules that Bezos and Branson are not “astronauts.” 5. Using lottery winner results to predict that effects of UBI. 6. […] The post Saturday assorted links appeared first on...

Agnes Callard explains: … at times it is only the angry who are in a position to apprehend the magnitude of some injustice. For they are the ones willing to sacrifice all their other concerns and interests so as to attend, with an almost divine focus, to some tear in the moral fabric. When I […] The post Why I Am Angry appeared first...

There is no better way to show this point than to look at Germany, which has highly reasonable political dialogue and at least in the center German politics is not so ideological.  And there is indeed a center!  Furthermore, politicians address their voters like adults and offer reasonable reasons for the policies they are proposing. […] The post Why current American politics is less...

Dwarkesh writes to me: Why do you think the Indian diaspora has been so successful? Just selection of the best immigrants from a large pool of candidates or something else too? Yes, there are plenty of Indians, and surely that matters, but I see several others factors at work: 1. The Indian diaspora itself is […] The post Why has the Indian diaspora been...

I will be doing a Conversation with him.  So what should I ask? Do note Andrew has a new book coming out, namely Out on a Limb: Selected Writing, 1989-2021. The post What should I ask Andrew Sullivan? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsAn interview of Sullivan belongs in the category of interviews ... by raywardIn reply to Hazel Meade. Like when she...

1. “He has struggled to access inheritance payments that have been withheld for more than 15 years, as trustees claim he’s mentally incompetent to receive the money.” 2. Daniel Drezner on how to address your professor.  And related ideas from Michael Strain.  And here you can find a list of British titles, hilarious. 3. Fire […] The post Friday assorted links appeared first on...

Yes, it is the real Knausgaard again, writing under lockdown and delivering a nearly 700-pp. novel that does indeed sound like Knausgaard but is not (strictly) autobiographical. Here is a Swedish review, excerpt: I read mostly the novel as an entertaining study of non-reflective life, an exploration of how a secularized society chooses to refrain […] The post *The Morning Star*, by Karl Knausgaard...

Unsurprisingly, [Marc] Spiegler rejects the notion that an increased digital presence could undermine the necessity for the art world to fly to [Basel] Switzerland. “Having content available ahead of time builds momentum and increases, rather than diminishes, people’s desire to come.” Comparing the fair to a music concert, Spiegler says: “The more live sets a […] The post Claims about the art world (and...

Following on my discussion from the other day, it is worth thinking about whether new institutions or sectors work very hard to set up a lot of honorific titles.  So many of our standard honorifics come from quite old sectors, such as the military or religion or the nobility.  Are the new sectors seeking to […] The post Do honorifics pass a market test?...

A Massachusetts school can continue to use electric shock devices to modify behavior by students with intellectual disabilities, a federal court said this month, overturning an attempt by the government to end the controversial practice, which has been described as “torture” by critics but defended by family members. In a 2-to-1 decision, the judges ruled […] The post Electric shock devices on humans now...

1. The Great Apes also have time inconsistent preferences.  And NBC Sports to cover world chess championship. 2. The Norwegian century we were never woke. 3. A case for gdp-linked bonds. 4. Taco-eating job pays surprisingly well. 5. Retroactive public goods funding, partly by Sage Vitalik. 6. Izabella Kaminska on the paradox of DeFi, original […] The post Thursday assorted links appeared first on...

Abhishek Anand, Justin Sandefur, and Arvind Subramanian calculate excess mortality in India since April 2020 based on three different datasets (each with their own challenges.) Each estimate indicates that excess mortality is more likely around 4 million than the official figure of 400,000. These figures accord with what everyone on the ground has been telling […] The post Excess Deaths in India appeared first...

It turns out that Homo Sapiens is not all that different from other, early proto-human species, such as Neanderthals.  They are the “closest things to us.”  Denisovans, etc.  We killed them off.  (We also are likely to mostly kill off chimpanzees, zoos and research labs excluded.)  Therefore the best prediction is that we kill us […] The post Why humans will perish rather than...