~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (22)
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Cultivating Minds: The Psychological Consequences of Rice versus Wheat Farming - Marginal REVOLUTION
It’s long been argued that the means of production influence social, cultural and psychological processes. Rice...
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350+ coauthors study reproducibility in economics - Marginal REVOLUTION
Jon Hartley is one I know, here is the abstract: This study pushes our understanding of...
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Economists do it with models? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Collaborations in economics across genders increased (12.5% increase of women coauthors per 100 men-authored papers) after...
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Generative AI for economists - Marginal REVOLUTION
From Anton Korinek here is a recent paper: Generative AI, in particular large language models (LLMs)...
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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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DEI vs. the Chips Act - Marginal REVOLUTION
The Hill has a good op-ed by Matt Cole and Chris Nicholson on how labor and...
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*How Life Works* - Marginal REVOLUTION
The author is Philip Ball, and the subtitle is A User’s Guide to the New Biology. ...
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It's happening - Marginal REVOLUTION
Is DNA all you need? In new work, we report Evo, a genomic foundation model that...
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Dwarkesh Patel with Patrick Collison - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is my episode with @patrickc We discuss: – what it takes to process $1 trillion/year–...
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Silk vaccines? - Marginal REVOLUTION
The invention of the hypodermic needle in 1844 brought major benefits to the practice of medicine,...
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Scientific Talent Leaks Out of Funding Gaps - Marginal REVOLUTION
Lack of speed kills: We study how delays in NIH grant funding affect the career outcomes...
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What should I ask Michael Nielsen? - Marginal REVOLUTION
I will be doing a Conversation with him. No description of Michael quite does him justice,...
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My Conversation with the excellent Ami Vitale - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the audio, visual, and transcript. Here is the episode summary: Ami Vitale is a...
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Vaccine Induced Social Amnesia - Marginal REVOLUTION
NYT: In 2022, there were 941 reported cases of measles in the World Health Organization’s European...
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My new podcast with Dwarkesh Patel - Marginal REVOLUTION
We discussed how the insights of Hayek, Keynes, Smith, and other great economists help us make...
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An important new paper on the costs of climate change - Marginal REVOLUTION
Forthcoming in ReStud, I haven’t had the chance to read it yet: To analyze climate change...
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What happened in 17th century England (a lot) - Marginal REVOLUTION
East India Company founded — 1600 Shakespeare – Hamlet published 1603 England starting to settle America...
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Economic ornithology - Marginal REVOLUTION
But a hundred years ago, birds were seen as the best remedy for the weeds and...
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Department of Uh-Oh, economic research edition - Marginal REVOLUTION
We assess statistical power and excess statistical significance among 31 leading economics general interest and field...
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How women are perceiving the economics profession - Marginal REVOLUTION
Fewer women reported being satisfied with the climate in the economics profession in 2023 compared to...
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*Forgotten Creators* - Marginal REVOLUTION
The subtitle is How German-Speaking Scientists and Engineers Invented the Modern World, And What We Can...
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The economics of dinosaur brand names - Marginal REVOLUTION
But unlike a full-grown T. rex, which would be about the size of a city bus,...