*Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future*
By Dan Wang, a great book. Here is the book’s home page. Here is the Amazon link. The post *Breakneck:
Flying on Frying Oil
The ever-excellent Matt Levine points us to the amusing economic policies that connect the international jet-set to Malaysian street hawkers
Progressives Declare Victory Over Neoliberalism After NYC Primary
The cynical, sclerotic centrist establishment of the American Democratic Party took a huge L in Tuesday’s Mayoral Primary in New
Of Course We Should Privatize Some Federal Land (but probably won’t)
The Federal government controls a ridiculous amount of land in the West including more than half of Oregon, Utah, Nevada,
Nihilism is at the Core of the Israel-Iran Conflict — Not Nuclear Weapons
Nihilism, understood as the absence of a transcendental purpose, lies at the heart of the conflict that Israel initiated against
Some northern parts of Spain
Salamanca still feels part of the orbit of Madrid, but León does not. Many of the faces are more Celtic,
Coffee Break: The Future and Follies of Science and AI as Automation, for Better or Worse
Part the First: Who Will Supplant the United States in Scientific Research? Before going any further in answer to The
Deport Dishwashers or Solve All Murders?
I understand being concerned about illegal immigration. I definitely understand being concerned about murder, rape, and robbery. What I don’t
Avila, Spain
The town has amazing, quite intact walls from the 11th-14th centuries, and also three (!) of the most beautiful churches
Plastic Mulch Promised Better Harvests. It May Be Hurting the Soil Instead.
Yves here. ZOMG, plastic irrigation pipes are bad enough, given what we now know about microplastics. But plastic mulch? The