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1. Segregating old people, and letting others go about their regular business.  Given how many older people now work (and vote), and how many employees in nursing homes are young, I’ve yet to see a good version of this plan, but if you favor it please do try to write one up.  One of you […] The post The three ideas you all are writing me the most about appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

And, despite not knowing what threat the SETREP-ID would be enacted for, the group had pre-emptive ethical clearance to immediately gather samples from patients – something which would take weeks or months in other countries. It is believed that this has saved thousands of lives, here is the full story, via Rohan Claffy. The post The coronavirus polity that is Australia appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

Nicholas Whitaker of Brown, general career development grant in the area of Progress Studies. Coleman Hughes, travel and career development grant. Michael T. Foster, career development grant to study machine learning to predict which politicians will succeed and advance their careers. Evan Horowitz, to start the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts, to impose […] The post Emergent Ventures winners, seventh cohort appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

We have the transcript live on our Day One Project site: https://www.dayoneproject.org/cowen-kalil-transcript Here was the video version, with some sound imperfections.  And from Schmidt Futures: …some context on the broader event is here, along with details on our open call for innovation, science, and tech policy ideas to inform the priorities of the next presidential term […] The post Transcript of my chat with Thomas Kalil appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

That is a theme running throughout my latest Bloomberg column, here are some excerpts: Why so many of America’s best and brightest college graduates go into management consulting, finance or law school is a perennial question. There are some compelling theories, which I will get to, but first I would like to turn the question around: […] The post Toward a more general theory of task complexity appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

Two pig farmers in Western Australia will be jailed after being convicted of illegally importing Danish pig semen concealed in shampoo bottles. Torben Soerensen has been sentenced to three years in prison, while Henning Laue faces a two-year sentence after pleading guilty to breaching quarantine and biosecurity laws. The Perth district court was told boar semen had […] The post Pig semen nationalism protectionism appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.