1. Ronan McGovern on Finland and two Baltics.
2. Was housing overbuilt in Nevada?
3. How much of the universe is legible to intelligence?
4. What are the bottlenecks for actually applying evidence to policy decisions?
5. Adrian Wooldridge says beware of Labour rule (Bloomberg).
8. Revenge of the generalist?: “Prediction: Over the next decade there will be a revenge of the generalist. Generalists will be rewarded as organizations shrink and employees are asked to do more with less. AI will accelerate this trend as specialized tasks become more and more automated.” Gagan Biyani.
Saturday assorted links
1. Notes on Oman. 2. Colin McGinn on best philosopher ever. 3. Owner wants to give away Green Mountain Campus....
Germany projection of the day
Germany’s population is projected to shrink by nearly 5 per cent within 25 years — a significantly steeper decline than...
Minimum wage hikes and robots
This paper studies how minimum wage policy affects firms’ adoption of automation technologies. Using both state-level measures of robot exposure...
That Was Then/This is Now
Hat tip: Logan Dobson. The post That Was Then/This is Now appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Source link...
