December 2023

Yes says I, and here is Wikipedia for reference .  Adam Ozimek (from my email) agrees: Rewatching Oblivion tonight and it really holds up....

This month’s selections include Jean-Luc Godard’s look at the Rolling Stones, an interview with a Holocaust survivor and a behind-the-scenes...

Today on the podcast im sharing the #2 episode of 2023! In this one, I talk with entrepreneurs about their businesses. We discuss everything...

Phind And don’t forget about Perplexity.ai . The options in this space are improving rapidly. The post Phind is quite good appeared firs...

Just about the worst calamity that can befall a human is to lose a child, and historically,  almost half  of children worldwide died before...

1. Music in outer space? 2. John Stuart Mill’s advice on human flourishing . 3. The patrilocal trap . 4. Helsinki’s KOM Theatre is triall...

Today's episode of the podcast is The #3 Podcast of 202. Kevin Clancy (KFCBarstool), Dale Moss, and LAW (Ladies Always Win) join me in t...

This is making the rounds on Twitter , so I thought I would serve up my somewhat unusual, not quite playing the game by its rules answers: ...

If you stare at just the exact right part of the toothpick, and measure the length from the tip, expressed in terms of the appropriate unit...

1. How the president of Columbia University avoided much of the current mess (NYT).  She also is an economist.  And part of how Harvard scr...

In the year to come, what would you like to read more about on MR ?  Comments are open… The post Request for requests appeared first on Ma...

Maine’s Secretary of State has disqualified Donald Trump from the primary ballot and sent his presidential campaign into meltdown.  Maine S...

With its practical effects and broad-minded approach to story, the French franchise revives the pleasures of earlier movie spectacles, but w...

Today's podcast is #5 on the top podcasts of 2023 list! I chat with keynote speaker and 3X best-selling author, Damon West. We start by ...

The problem for the board of Harvard is going to be the problem for most any elite institution – it is the sort of position that is used a...

Here is the link , here is the episode summary: On this special year-in-review episode, Tyler and producer Jeff Holmes look back on the pa...

On this episode of the podcast, I'm sharing Podcast #6 of the top podcasts of 2023 countdown! The Q&A portion of a talk I gave in Sy...

The post Micah Siegel interviews me about animal welfare and policy appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .

Mr. Lee, a familiar face on Korean television and movie screens, had been under police investigation for months on suspicion of illegal drug...

An excellent review , here is one excerpt: Oddly enough he leaves out several economists who many consider possible GOATs: From the Britis...

Deadheads, ballerinas and Mick Jagger: As 2023 winds down, revisit a memorable handful of the thousands of images commissioned by our photo ...

Today's podcast was #7 on the top podcast of 2023 countdown. On this episode, I sat down with my friend and repeat guest on the show, Da...

We study how public sector workers balance their professional motivations with private economic concerns, focusing on police arrests. Arres...

…hypotheses as to why we are blessed with the avalanche of fine new young musicians: 1. (I feel the evidence for this one is conclusive) T...

The post Getting Closer to AGI–Happy Holidays! appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .

Movie audiences flocked to Taylor Swift, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” but were cooler toward returning superheroes like the Flash, Captain Mar...

Today as I continue the countdown of the top podcasts of 2023, Im sharing a classic segment from GaryVeeTV! Be self-aware - there’s no “righ...

2023 has been one of my very best years for classic music listening.  I’ve discovered an unusually high number of excellent recordings, and ...

Offered the chance to revisit her Broadway performance as the much-abused Celie, the star faced a difficult path.

On today's episode of the GaryVee Audio Experience, we continue the countdown of the 10 best podcasts of 2023. At #9 Im sharing a podcas...

By Benjamin Moser, I loved this book .  It is one of my favorite books of art criticism ever, written from the perspective of a fan I might ...

From a reader, Matt: Is “Since 19XX” a positive or negative signal for a restaurant? I passed a BBQ restaurant in Denver recently with suc...

Washington has the right to swap firsts with Phoenix in 2024 if the Wizards’ first (if 13-30) to New York is not conveyed. Phoenix can trad...

Democrats got a huge early Christmas present in Wisconsin as the state supreme court ruled that the legislative map drawn by Republicans was...

Democrats got a huge early Christmas present in Wisconsin as the state supreme court ruled that the legislative map drawn by Republicans was...

A Supreme Court that is struggling with a loss of credibility made the decision to not disclose what the vote was to reject Jack Smith’s req...

Jared Kushner posted that he and his wife, Ivanka Trump, have gone to Israel to meet with political leaders to pursue peaceful solutions. K...

The Secret Service has opened an investigation into country music singer and former Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider after he suggested ...

Jared Kushner posted that he and his wife, Ivanka Trump, have gone to Israel to meet with political leaders to pursue peaceful solutions. K...

The film is the equivalent of a semifinalist in the song, score and sound categories. “Killers of the Flower Moon” also landed on several li...

Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White play brothers in a melodrama inspired by the wrestling dynasty called the Von Erichs.

As a society, we have demonized losing, and in turn, people have learned to run away from their fears and not embrace risk. On today's e...

But inside the lab, Chetty and his colleagues have not always practiced what their research preaches, several former employees say. When hi...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) claimed that liberal women are angry because liberal men are so bad in bed, which typifies the party of faith and famil...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) claimed that liberal women are angry because liberal men are so bad in bed, which typifies the party of faith and famil...

Women, sex and Jewish mothers were just some of the targets of his popular satirical writing in books, essays, screenplays and more.

We introduce a structural econometric model to estimate the extent to which the Chinese government bans U.S. movies. According to our estim...

Rachel Maddow explained that Trump is using the language of dictators as a way of undermining democracy by making people think that they nee...

Rachel Maddow explained that Trump is using the language of dictators as a way of undermining democracy by making people think that they nee...

After an indie-film breakout just four years ago, he was headed to the A list. But a criminal conviction immediately jeopardized his leading...

1. Did an alphabet make Korea more verbal? 2. Chances for life on Encedalus are getting better and better (NYT). 3. Christopher M. Schroe...

On today's episode of the Podcast I sit down with Steve-O. --- Send in a voice message: https://ift.tt/a3OLjsS

Asimov Press, a new publishing venture that will produce books + magazines about progress in biotechnology, launched today. We’ll publish n...

The food is excellent.  Don’t worry about choosing the right restaurant, just try to eat the simple things.  Corn products.  Beans.  Baked g...