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1. Flowers are evolving (rapidly) to have less sex (NYT). 2. Europe’s political stupor, excellent essay by Leopold Aschenbrenner. 3. Navajo Nation’s objection to landing human remains on the moon prompts last-minute White House meeting. 4. Horse cloning transforms polo in Argentina.  “Using embryo transfers, a single horse can now give birth to as many as […] The post Saturday assorted links appeared first on...

Here is the underlying John-Burn Murdoch FT piece, pointer here.  And a text excerpt: Ruxandra Teslo, one of a growing community of progress-focused writers at the nexus of science, economics and policy, argues that the growing scepticism around technology and the rise in zero-sum thinking in modern society is one of the defining ideological challenges […] The post We need more talk of progress...

1. Problems with U.S. shipyards. 2. Satellite imaging shows there is a lot more industry in the ocean than we had thought. 3. My podcast episode with Will Bachman, most of all about talent see also the Show Notes at the link. 4. Bravo NYT, glad they signaled their intent was not to insult my […] The post Friday assorted links appeared first on...

That is the new book by my colleague Bryan Caplan, collected largely from his previous blog writings.  Bryan emails to me: I just released a new book of essays on Amazon, entitled *You Will Not Stampede Me: Essays on Non-Conformism*.  Emerson and Thoreau were right: Excessive conformity is a major impediment to living a full […] The post *You Will Not Stampede Me: Essays...

He is starting a new podcast and I am perhaps the first episode?  There is video and text and audio.  Here is an excerpt: Lindsey: Did they recognize early on that you were different and that they had a job to do to push you, or no? Cowen: Well, my father thought I was weird, so he […] The post My podcast with Brink Lindsey appeared...

1. Jeffrey Paller 19 books to read on Africa. 2. Making the micropipette. 3. Miss America supports nuclear power. 4. “We found that living standards generally predicted and temporally preceded variations of romantic love in the Early Modern Period.” 5. Why is the Dominican Republican incumbent popular? 6. Very good Douthat column on higher education […] The post Thursday assorted links appeared first on...

Yes, I will be doing another Conversation with him.  Here is my previous Conversation with him, almost eight years ago.  As many of you will know, Jonathan has a new book coming out, namely The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.  But there is much more […] The post What should I ask Jonathan Haidt?...