Browsing: Economy
Individual construction tasks have, on average, not gotten cheaper since at least the 1950s. Bricks haven’t gotten cheaper since the mid-19th century,…
A few weeks ago, I watched a movie from 1943 titled Watch on the Rhine. It starred Bette Davis…
Commenting on this post, commentor Warren Platts writes (emphasis added): You economists can debate amongst yourselves about how trade deficits…
From a Czech newspaper: Recruitment of new recruits in Russia is skyrocketing. With the prospect of a ceasefire, they want…
Does the thought of malicious HALs keep you up at night? Are you already on a waiting list for AI…
1. Pluto vs. Australia. 2. Moose migration: the television culture that isSweden. 3. October Progress conference in Berkeley. 4. James…
Everybody in America who ever wanted a powerful government to do good should now be happy, for he got his…
The Kanye West and Jay-Z song “No Church in the Wild,” for instance, sampled a single instrumental line from a…
“S.F. auto glass shops suffering as car break-ins drop” Here is the San Francisco Chronicle link, via Air Genius Gary…
1. Florian Illies, The Magic of Silence: Caspar David Friedrich’s Journey Through Time. An excellent book, usually I am allergic…