Dead Wrong® with Johan Norberg – Resource Scarcity or Abundance?
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in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, health economics, technological progress Tags: pessimism bias, The Great Enrichment
If Meat Eaters Acted Like Vegans – Ultra Spiritual Life episode 35
08 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of religion, environmental economics, health economics
Little wonder @jamespeshaw @mfe_news don’t want to estimate the cost of global warming as a percentage of GDP
08 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand Tags: climate alarmism
David Friedman – Legal Systems Very Different from Our Own – PorcFest X
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in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economic history, economics of crime, economics of love and marriage, law and economics, property rights
How Sloths Went From the Seas to the Trees
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in economics of media and culture
Qualifying time for 18-34 year old women same as for a 55 year old man in the 2019 Boston marathon
07 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, sports economics Tags: political correctness
Allies Plan to Hit the Nazis Where it Hurts – WW2 – 031 – March 30 1940
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in defence economics, energy economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
Marxist academic found it most unpleasant and expensive to be investigated for hate speech against Americans, a minority in Canada. No charges laid.
07 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left, unintended consequences
In 2 countries, only in the provinces subject to sharia law. Will noting this exception be a hate fact if @NZGreens get their way on hate speech laws?
07 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, war and peace Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Sunday Classic Comedy: The Simpsons – SJWs at Yale
07 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
Given recent commentary about free speech, hate speech etc – this clip seemed rather appropriate
Will the coming hate speech laws protect these minorities from fire and brimstone preachers?
07 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
Desperately seeking an anti-fascist left
07 Apr 2019 3 Comments
in economics of crime, economics of religion, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Age of Enlightenment, British politics, free speech, Freedom of religion, political correctness, regressive left
New Zealand still has religious tests for public office
07 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of religion, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: Freedom of religion
Steve Pinker recommends five science books
07 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
The A.V. Club put up this video last year of Steve Pinker recommending five science/psychology books that he particularly enjoyed or recommends:
One Two Three Infinity. . . Facts and Speculations of Science by George Gamow
The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
The Big Picture by Sean Carroll
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations that Transform the World by David Deutsch
How the Mind Works by Pinker Himself
I’ve read all of them save the two by Gamow and Deutsch, and share his enthusiasm for the ones I know. I’ve often given my own recommendations, some of which coincide with Steve’s, and hence needn’t put them here. But readers should feel free to recommend their favorite science books, particularly ones that came out recently.
It has not escaped my attention that my own book escaped Pinker’s attention. But really, it doesn’t belong on a list of books…
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