~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (571)
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Should whales have the status of legal persons? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Indigenous leaders of New Zealand, Tahiti and the Cook Islands signed a historic treaty that recognizes...
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Guyana fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
Guyana has lost a greater share of its people than any other country, with two in...
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Sunday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Brian Wilson thought this was the best Beach Boys album ever. 2. A new interview...
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Teaching the Super Simple Solow Model - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here’s my talk on teaching the super simple Solow model which Tyler and I present in...
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My avant-garde music playlist for Rick Rubin - Marginal REVOLUTION
At Rick’s new site, tetragrammaton.com. You will find many goodies there, Iggy Pop has a playlist...
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The Candidates tournament - Marginal REVOLUTION
I agree Caruana is the clear favorite, but at these odds he seems slightly overvalued...
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Saturday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Is Wang Huning the Chinese Tocqueville? 2. David Brooks on Fareed Zakaria (NYT). 3. “Knighthoods...
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Will AIs Cooperate? - Marginal REVOLUTION
A conversation between two AIs, mediated by me, condensed for verbiage. 1) To GPT4: Consider a...
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What I've been watching - Marginal REVOLUTION
1.” In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon,” a two-part special on MGM+. It’s time...
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Rules for Tri-State Italian food - Marginal REVOLUTION
Piers emails me: You’re a NJ native and great at finding good restaurants. So what are...
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It's happening - Marginal REVOLUTION
breaking: Microsoft and OpenAI are drawing up plans for a $100 billion AI supercomputer The supercomputer,...
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Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Over 100 comments here on an MR blog post, and by far the best one...
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The problems of Milei, restated - Marginal REVOLUTION
Milei wants to improve Argentina's primary balance by 5.5% of GDP quickly. Almost no IMF program...
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Will strong AI raise or lower interest rates? - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column. Here is one excerpt: First, as a...
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Be careful what you announce about your expected value maximization - Marginal REVOLUTION
Judge Kaplan: A man willing to flip a coin as to the continued existence of life...
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Thursday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Why do people still pay mutual fund fees? 2. Open Philanthropy update. 3. Grazie Sophie...
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Another Thursday link - Marginal REVOLUTION
Scott Alexander rules against Lab Leak as most likely. Of course this is not the final...
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Is there Hope for Evidence-Based Policy? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Vital City magazine and the Niskanen Center’s Hypertext have a special issue on the prospects for...
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What should I ask Brian Winter? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Yes I will be doing a Conversation with him. Here is his bio: Brian Winter is the...
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My Conversation with Fareed Zakaria - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the audio, video, and transcript. You can tell he knows what an interview is! ...
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Strong AI and the O-Ring model - Marginal REVOLUTION
Let’s say the Sumerians were gifted strong AI, simply as an exogenous shock to a historical...
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Wednesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Woman names herself after a London train station she loves very much. 2. Dylan Matthews...
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Daniel Kahneman, RIP... - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is a WaPo obituary. For the curious, here is my (earlier) Conversation with Daniel Kahneman. ...
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Opening Borders - Marginal REVOLUTION
Open borders hasn’t been getting a lot of good press recently but next week Bulgaria and...