Tyler Cowen
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On Brazilian food
Every now and then I will write a piece on food for Works in Progress. Here is my piece on eating in Brazil: Brazil, like most large nations, also offers multiple cuisines.
The California billionaire tax is very likely a net revenue loser
This paper examines the revenue and migration impact of the 2026 California Billionaire Tax Act, a one-time 5 percent tax on the worldwide net worth of individuals exceeding $1 billion.
*You Can See Everything* (no spoilers)
An excellent and also original movie, you all should see it.
The archaeology tranche of Emergent Ventures
Björn Öste is building Arkhub, an AI-powered platform that analyzes remote-sensing and other archaeological data to identify potential ancient sites in the Amazon and enable further investigation by…
Our fascination with screens, demand curves slope downward installment #1637
What we find here is that the quality-adjusted screen time price index is down 39 per cent since 2000, but that change is overwhelmingly a function of improvements in quality, not declines in prices…
*This Beautiful Country*
The author is Edward Cutler and the subtitle is How Italy’s Nature Shaped its Culture and Civilisation.
Solving for the equilibrium?
Sixteen AI agents were each handed 1,000 satoshis of real bitcoin and told nothing about how to use it.
New Matt Faherty study of the NSF
From the Executive Summary: Therefore, the NSF, NIH, and the federal government should put far more resources and effort into developing metascience.
On Bergman’s *Persona*
I first saw Ingmar Bergman’s Persona, his stone-cold classic of 1965, as a teenager, and God knows how many times I have seen it since.
I guest host the NYT podcast and interview Dwarkesh
Here is the audio, video, and transcript. Excerpt: Cowen: Unreleased models — why are they important? Patel: As in the ones that are internal to the companies?