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What should I ask Paul Bloom? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Yes I will be doing a Conversation with him. Here is Wikipedia: Paul Bloom…is a Canadian American...
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Thursday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Works in Progress will be running an “Invisible College” in Cambridge, UK. 2. How much...
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The Prisoner's Dilemma of Non-Competes - Marginal REVOLUTION
I agree with Tyler, that the FTC ban on non-competes is overly broad and not tailored...
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The Norwegian ban on smart phones in middle schools - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is a new paper by Sara Abrahamsson. Perhaps there is Norwegian exceptionalism at work, but...
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Why do I prefer current airport procedures? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Michael Stack writes me: “Hi Tyler – you wrote about preferring current airport procedures to pre-9/11...
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It's happening, Reid Hoffman AI twin edition, wwrgs? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Why did I deepfake myself? To see if conversing with an AI-generated version of myself can...
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Wednesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. U.S. vs. Taiwanese work culture. 2. Albert Wensemius and the rise of Singapore. 3. Unusual...
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Imagine recording and storing everything you read - Marginal REVOLUTION
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses just got a massive Multimodal upgrade – Meta AI with Vision It...
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What can LLMs never do? - Marginal REVOLUTION
By Rohit Krishnan, he and I are both interested in the question of what LLMs cannot...
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What is the proper policy toward tourists? - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, basically you should charge them fees rather...
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More Tuesday links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. AI Camera turns your images into poetry. 2. Highly capable model locally on your phone....
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Four Thousand Years of Egyptian Women Pictured - Marginal REVOLUTION
In an excellent, deep-dive Alice Evans looks at patriarchy in Egypt using pictures drawn from four...
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Tuesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. A literalist reading of Civil War. 2. Why it is so hard to get a...
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Hiring discrimination sentences to ponder - Marginal REVOLUTION
Several common measures — like employing a chief diversity officer, offering diversity training or having a...
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Seasonality and the Invention of Agriculture - Marginal REVOLUTION
Forthcoming from the QJE, here is a new paper by Andrea Matanga: The Neolithic revolution saw...
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Monday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Are Indian women stronger relative supporters of Modi? 2. Apple to build on-device AI? 3....
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Deregulate our universities - Marginal REVOLUTION
Take a look at how the number of federal regulations and policies governing research at universities...
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Tying the Knot - Marginal REVOLUTION
Dobbs, of course, was the Supreme Court decision saying that the constitution does not provide a...
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Arguments that (almost) everyone hates - Marginal REVOLUTION
These are usually worth pondering, as at the very least you will learn something. Here is...
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Guinea pig questions - Marginal REVOLUTION
If someone demographically normal and not especially at-risk wants to serve as a guinea pig, what...
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Sunday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Rasheed Griffith reggae playlist. 2. Poland got rid of compulsory homework for grade school. 3....
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The game theory of the final round of the Candidates - Marginal REVOLUTION
The amazing Gukesh (17 years old!) is half a point ahead with one round remaining today. ...
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What should I ask Alan Taylor? - Marginal REVOLUTION
He is one of the greatest of living American historians, here is from Wikipedia: Alan Shaw...
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"The Simple Macroeconomics of AI" - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the new Daron Acemoglu paper, and he is skeptical about its overall economic effects. ...