~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (560)
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San Francisco dining - Marginal REVOLUTION
Dwarkesh brought me to the very good Sizzling Pot King, 139 8th St, San Francisco, genuine...
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Hacker News thread on the Baltimore Key Bridge - Marginal REVOLUTION
Due to proximity and also personal experience, this has been a shocking event for me. Here...
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Tuesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Autistic 27-year-old Canadian now allowed to end her life. It’s time to end the Canadian...
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What I've been reading - Marginal REVOLUTION
Christopher Phillips, Battle Ground: Ten Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East. A good, “simple enough”...
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An RCT for income-sharing agreements - Marginal REVOLUTION
Is this the first one? We conduct a survey-based experiment with 2,776 students at a non-profit...
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Netherlands fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
The country, which is a bit bigger than Maryland, not only accomplished this feat but also...
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Monday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. First woman to complete grueling Barkley marathon. 2. New Aztec codices discovered on amate paper....
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Teaching the Solow Model - Marginal REVOLUTION
The Solow model is a foundational model for understanding economic growth. Yet it’s typically not taught...
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My review of Suno, AI-generated music - Marginal REVOLUTION
Try it here, click on the right on the mention of making full, two-minute songs and...
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*Who's Afraid of Gender?* - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the title of the new Judith Butler book, focusing mostly on trans issues. To...
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Maurizio Pollini, RIP - Marginal REVOLUTION
The post Maurizio Pollini, RIP appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsThe two public figures I...
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South Korea fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
Model this: Students born approximately ten months after the World Cup tend to perform significantly worse...
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Sunday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Peter Coy on AI and jobs (NYT). 2. Asgar Farhadi cleared of plagiarism allegations by...
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*Star Maker*, by Olaf Stapledon - Marginal REVOLUTION
Nnow though it was generally assumed in intellectual circles that the best was yet to be,...
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Applying to Emergent Ventures, and how to get Britain moving again - Marginal REVOLUTION
From the TxP Progress Prize: But then Tyler asked us, twice in a row, ‘what is...
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*Revolusi* - Marginal REVOLUTION
The subtitle is Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World, and the author is David...
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Saturday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. 101 things Leila would tell her past self. 2. “The colonel was then carried to...
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In Defense of Plagiarism - Marginal REVOLUTION
Google plagiarism and you will find definitions like “stealing someone else’s ideas” or “literary theft.” Here...
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How credible is the Milei plan? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is a good Substack essay by Nicolas Cachanosky, excerpt: Inflation expectations depend on what is expected...
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Who are currently the most influential thinkers/intellectuals on the Right? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. Here is my corresponding (and much longer and more complicated) post...
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Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. How to recruit Iraqi weapons scientists. 2. The Zvi with a bunch of things, including...
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R.I.P. The Scottish Enlightenment 1697-2024 - Marginal REVOLUTION
The Scottish Enlightenment will die on April 1st 2024, exactly 327 years, eight months and 24...
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Indiana's new intellectual diversity law for universities - Marginal REVOLUTION
Indiana’s Republican governor has just signed new law that introduces “intellectual diversity” as a standard for tenure decisions...
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Is an Economic Growth Explosion Imminent? - Marginal REVOLUTION
On the road, I haven’t had a chance to read this paper yet, but I pass...