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Friday assorted links

1. Profile of Julian Gough and his evolutionary cosmology.  And the Substack version. 2. New Spanish-language edition of Bioy Casares on Borges coming out.  The older edition was, among other…

Green shoots for the UK?

Early signs of tech-driven improvements in productivity growth could herald a sustained strengthening in the UK’s economic outlook, analysts have said, in a turnaround after years of underperformance. Private sector…

Thursday assorted links

1. This guy is productive.  Yes very productive. 2. “Mercor is building a network of experienced data scientists for potential future projects with leading AI research organizations.”  And The New…

There are now eight episodes

The Everyday Abundance podcast explores the hidden histories behind everyday activities and the technologies we don’t even know are technologies. Virginia Postrel and Charles C. Mann dive into the surprising…