Links: Weeks of 06 Jun 2026
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LGOn the plus side, this means having a strong view, an independent taste is still valuable. Otherwise you end up with homogeneous slop - words or design.
Why China got rich and India didn't
I suspect that if I’d been around in the year 1950, it would have been obvious to me that India would succeed and China would not. I would have made the same bet in 1960, when China was starving tens of millions of its own people while exporting grain abroad; and I would have done it again in 1970, during the insanity of the Cultural Revolution. Nor would I have been alone. As late as 1985, prominent economists were writing articles in the New York Times suggesting that “far more than China today, India is an economic miracle waiting to happen.”
But they were wrong.
David's substack is one of the top discoveries of the year for me. The breadth of subjects, from funerals in Africa to the impact of spreadsheets, and the quality of work make this a must read.
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Second for second, @tylercowen packs more substance into a talk than anyone I'm aware of. This is a clear, non-hysterical, and somewhat soothing discussion of our AI future.
This is a good use of 19 minutes.
OpenAI - Fireside Chat with Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok
If you have an hour and 20 minutes, then this one should be good too.
Early dismissals and random days off are driving parents and teachers crazy: This.
We are left scrambling to find care on these random days, given that many employers, including the federal government, increasingly require employees to be in the office every day of the week.
