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1. Chinese temples are being transformed into consumption opportunities, https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1017275 2. Andrew Batson visits India, https://andrewbatson.com/2025/07/27/india-and-the-invidious-comparison-with-china/ 3. New paper on…
Time again for another one of my multi-post deep dives into a book I found interesting. This time, the book…
The British Locomotives Act of 1865 contained a red flag provision: …while any Locomotive is in Motion, [one of the…
Often researchers focus on the capabilities of AI models, for instance what kinds of problems they might solve. Or how…
1. For a start, so many people then are smoking and have PTSD. 2. Oops (music video). 3. Alpha school…
Sorry people, but you can fill in the links with Perplexity and Grok, both great for this purpose. Olivier Blanchard…
0:37Intro. [Recording date: July 8, 2025.]Russ Roberts: Today is July 8th, 2025, and my guest is author and educational entrepreneur,…
Everyone talks about the soaring cost of child care (e.g. here, here and here), but have you looked at the soaring cost of…
The author is N.A.M. Rodger, and the subtitle is A Naval History of Britain, 1815-1945. An excellent book, volume three…
To continue with some biography… My first full-time teaching job was at UC Irvine in 1988, a school with very…