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• A Short Note on the Importance of Fun [Homo Ludens]

  Tyler Cowen has just interviewed economic historian Sheilagh Ogilvie on a variety of topics: ...the economic impacts of historical pandemics, the “happy story”... Read more

  3 hours, 19 minutes ago by   Bbenzon
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• Lawrence Summers on Why Universities Must Resist Trump

  Lawrence H. Summers, If Powerful Places Like Harvard Don’t Stand Up to Trump, Who Can? NYTimes, April 3, 2025. The U.S. government is trying to bludgeon... Read more

  5 hours, 14 minutes ago by   Bbenzon
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• Flash!

  

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  7 hours, 19 minutes ago by   Bbenzon
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• Perspective on Musical Neurodynamics

  Harding, E.E., Kim, J.C., Demos, A.P. et al. Musical neurodynamics. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-025-00915-4 Abstract: A... Read more

  7 hours, 28 minutes ago by   Bbenzon
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• Generative AI Chatbot for Mental Health Treatment

  Michael V. Heinz, Daniel M. Macklin, Brianna M. Trudeau, et al., Randomized Trial of a Generative AI Chatbot for Mental Health Treatment, The New England Journa... Read more

  7 hours, 40 minutes ago by   Bbenzon
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• Fabric of Time

  

  I’m not a sewer.  I mean, a person who sews.  I know people who are, though, who are quite distressed that JoAnn Fabrics is going out of business. Read more

  11 hours, 20 minutes ago by   Steveawiggins
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• Belling a Cat !!

  

  De muribus tintinnabulum feli appendere volentibus Every morning there is a new problem and some evenings there are solutions – one need to think and find way... Read more

  13 hours, 5 minutes ago by   Sampathkumar Sampath
  

• Trump And Musk Are Down 10 Points On Favorability

  

  The charts above reflect the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between March 30th and April 1st of a nationwide sample of 1,465 registered voters,... Read more

  16 hours, 16 minutes ago by   Jobsanger
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• First They Came For The Immigrants

  

  Political Cartoon is by Lalo Alcaraz at Pocho.com. Read more

  16 hours, 17 minutes ago by   Jobsanger
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• Trump's Rants About Tariffs Go Beyond Nonsense

  

  The following is a small part of a post by economist Paul Krugman:One safe prediction, however, is that over the next few days we’ll see many news analyses... Read more

  16 hours, 18 minutes ago by   Jobsanger
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