Educational arbitrage?
Is it really all about the networking? Some people think so, and they are taking action: Justin Helman didn’t get his dream acceptance from the University
Why is America less of a 24/7 society?
It’s deeply odd to me that America is a far less 24/7 hour society today than it was 10, 20, or even 30 years ago.
Stanislaw Lem foresaw drones – Marginal REVOLUTION
This was published in English (and Polish) in 1986 under the title One Human Minute: So it was not humanoid automata that former the new
Why drugs are here to stay (from my email)
This is anonymized, I can vouch that the person is very smart and has excellent taste: Some thoughts [referring to my recent Free Press piece
Law professors prefer AI over peer answers
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly promoted as educational tutors, yet most evaluations focus on domains with a single ground truth. Many disciplines, however, hinge
The political right continues to gain ground in Latin America
A leftist senator and a rightwing populist outsider who calls himself “The Tiger” will go to a run-off presidential election in Colombia this month after
How Much Has Shale Gas Saved U.S. Consumers?
It may seem like a distant memory now, but as of the mid-2000s, U.S. natural gas production had been flat for a decade, and the
What I’ve been reading – Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Paul Mendes-Flohr, Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent. A beautifully written, first-rate intellectual biography of Buber. It is hard to imagine finding
India fertility facts of the day
Ten notable facts from India’s new SRS Statistical Report 2024 published two days ago: 1) India’s total fertility rate (TFR) has dropped to 1.88 (rounded
John Burn-Murdoch on phones and fertility
From my email: Hi folks, appreciate the discussion of the piece here, as ever. I just wanted to chime in briefly with an analogy that