Friday assorted links
Friday assorted links by Tyler Cowen July 24, 2026 at 12:37 pm 1. “Following a standard workplace safety check, I have just received an email from a university administrator in which my custom of keeping books on the shelves in my office is described as “the unnecessary storing of combustible materials”.” Link here. Are current science books for children demotivating?
- ▪Friday assorted links by Tyler Cowen July 24, 2026 at 12:37 pm 1.
- ▪“Following a standard workplace safety check, I have just received an email from a university administrator in which my custom of keeping books on the shelves in my office is described as “the unnecessary storing of combustible materials”.”
- ▪Are current science books for children demotivating?
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Friday assorted links by Tyler Cowen July 24, 2026 at 12:37 pm 1. How global was “antiquity”? 2. Why the Clarity Act is mired in muck (NYT). 3. Jim Olds on the new science plan. 4. Cyber capabilities of Kimi 3? 5. “Following a standard workplace safety check, I have just received an email from a university administrator in which my custom of keeping books on the shelves in my office is described as “the unnecessary storing of combustible materials”.” Link here. 6. Are current science books for children demotivating? 7. Brazilian murder rate is down 40% from its 2017 peak. 8.
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