Marginal Revolution Shares Sunday Assorted Links
Key Takeaways
- •The roundup included a Deirdre economics reading list and an archival 1878 British India civil service entrance exam.
- •One linked item discussed Opus 5’s capabilities in biology.
- •A Yale News report cited a study finding that global language diversity may have peaked between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago.
- •The post linked to a CNN report about feline-related decentralized Italian mob fire attacks.
- •Cultural items included the first Neuromancer trailer and a New York Times review by Maureen Dowd on Homer.
Marginal Revolution’s Sunday assorted links post highlighted seven items, spanning economics, historical examinations, AI discussion, linguistics, unusual crime reporting, and culture:
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A Deirdre economics reading list: https://x.com/DeirdreMcClosk/status/2080979877965320549
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The 1878 entrance exam for the British India civil service: https://x.com/pietergaricano/status/2080582758670151704
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A discussion of how good Opus 5 is on biology: https://x.com/kenbwork/status/2080727200299622509
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A Yale News item reporting: “A linguistic ‘golden age’ flourished between 1,000 to 3,000 years ago when tens of thousands of languages were spoken throughout the world, according to a new study coauthored by Yale linguist Claire Bowern that traces trajectories in global language diversity over the past 12,000 years.” Link:
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A CNN report on feline decentralized Italian mob fire attacks:
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The release of the first Neuromancer trailer: https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2081137852612596094?s=20
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A Maureen Dowd review on the de-eroticized Homer in The New York Times, described by the post as a “Good Maureen Dowd review” and an “Excellent piece”:
The roundup’s range is the main throughline: it moves from reading lists and archival education material to current debates about AI capabilities, language history research, reported criminal tactics, and adaptations or reinterpretations of major works such as Neuromancer and Homer.