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Jodi Ettenberg’s *Food Traveler’s Handbook*
I am a big fan of this book. The Amazon link is here, and the Kindle edition should be coming in less than a week.
Very good Jodi Ettenberg speech
You will find it here, much better than all of this talk about the euro.
Côte d’Ivoire claim of the day
Côte d’Ivoire citizens pay the highest income taxes in the world according to this year’s survey findings by World Population Review.
While both its sales and corporate tax regimes may be considerably lower than those of other countries globally, at 60%, Côte d’Ivoire’s income tax rates are markedly higher compared to developed countries.
Only Finland (56.95%), Japan (55.97%), Denmark (55.90%), and Austria (55%), closely follow Côte d’Ivoire to round up the top five countries with the highest income tax, in a study that surveyed over 150 countries.
How much people pay of course is yet another matter. Here is the link, via Jodi Ettenberg.
The virtues of seaweed collecting
Nineteenth-century seaweed albums have a baked-in melancholy. Despite the best intentions, they do not flatter seaweed. The samples are brittle where the plant was pliant, opaque when once translucent, flaccid where previously ballooned. The displacement from sea to paper steals a measure of the plants’ integrity, and time leaches away the rest. In every respect, the wonders of seaweed have fled the book. And yet, these albums still speak — not of seaweed exactly, but of the collector’s care and devotion. There is a particular kind of eros that thrums between a receptive human and the natural world; the contours and depth of this eros is the true subject of a seaweed album.
Here is much more, interesting throughout, via Jodi Ettenberg.
Monday assorted links
1. Jodi Ettenberg interview. Recommended.
3. Unite America, for ranked choice voting. And the sugar lobby is alive and well.
4. “We find that access to a plasma donation center reduces demand (inquiries) for payday and installment loans by 6.5% and 8.1%, respectively, with larger effects (13.1% and 15.7%, respectively) on younger borrowers. Moreover, foot traffic increases by 7-10% at essential and non-essential goods establishments when a new plasma center opens nearby. Our findings suggest that plasma donation helps households smooth consumption without appealing to high-cost debt.” Link here.
Protection against dengue?
The dengue virus uses a particular protein, called Non-Structural Protein 1 (NS1), to latch onto the protective cells around organs. It weakens the protective barrier, allowing the virus to infect the cell, and may cause the rupture of blood vessels. The research team’s antibody, called 2B7, physically blocks the NS1 protein, preventing it from attaching itself to cells and slowing the virus’s spread. Moreover, because it attacks the protein directly and not the virus particle itself, 2B7 is effective against all four dengue virus strains.
That is cited by the excellent Jodi Ettenberg, from new January 2021 research. If I hear more I will let you know.
Wednesday assorted links
1. Do you really understand the letter “g”?
2. Saudis to embrace opera, with help from France.
4. William Vollmann update. Yes, I’ve ordered the book.
5. How Facebook benefits from Instagram. And 37 definitive seconds on the cultural difference between Washington, D.C. and the Bay Area, recommended.
6. Tyler Cowen rates America (short NPR podcast).
Llama wedding markets in everything
Save the drama for a llama on your wedding day. No, really! For brides getting married in the Portland, Oregon, or Vancouver, Washington, area, your llama dreams can now be turned into reality. Mtn Peaks Therapy Llamas & Alpacas is offering an exclusive service to brides and grooms who want to make sure their wedding is the most talked about event of the year. Because we mean, what’s more memorable than some dressed up alpacas at your reception?
Here is the story, from a bridal magazine, good photos at the link, via Catherine Rampell and also Jodi Ettenberg. Meanwhile I found this of interest:
A poll from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) of young Americans ages 18-to-25 shows that almost no millennials want a career in construction — a high-paying industry. 64 percent of these millennials said they wouldn’t even consider working in construction if you paid them $100,000 or more.
74 percent of young adults know what career field they want to pursue, and of these millennials, just 3 percent want a career in construction trades. What’s more stunning is that of the 26 percent who don’t know what career they want, 63 percent of these undecided millennials said there was “no or little chance regardless of pay” that they would work in construction trades.
That article is via Douglas Wolf, see also Bob Samuelson on millennials.
Saturday assorted links
1. Ryan Avent: “Given the structure of our social safety net, automation tends to increase poverty and inequality rather than unemployment.” And Ryan on unemployment and video games.
2. Looking back on Norman Podhoretz (NYT).
3. Complacency and cheeseburgers. “Cowen is optimistic in general, but not necessarily for you.”
4. Jodi Ettenberg reviews Matt Levine.
5. Why might the new Netflix rating system throw out information?
Nigeria markets in everything
Nigeria has confiscated 2.5 tonnes of “plastic rice” smuggled into the country by unscrupulous businessmen, the customs service says.
Lagos customs chief Haruna Mamudu said the fake rice was intended to be sold in markets during the festive season.
He said the rice was very sticky after it was boiled and “only God knows what would have happened” if people ate it.
It is not clear where the seized sacks came from but rice made from plastic pellets was found in China last year.
Rice is the most popular staple food in Nigeria.
Here is the full story, via Jodi Ettenberg.
Addendum: Here is an update, as the story spirals into increasing confusion.
Letter from E.B. White
North Brooklin, Maine
30 March 1973
Dear Mr. Nadeau:
As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left to us, in a bad time. I shall get up Sunday morning and wind the clock, as a contribution to order and steadfastness.
Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say, the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society—things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed, sometimes rather suddenly. It is quite obvious that the human race has made a queer mess of life on this planet. But as a people we probably harbor seeds of goodness that have lain for a long time waiting to sprout when the conditions are right. Man’s curiosity, his relentlessness, his inventiveness, his ingenuity have led him into deep trouble. We can only hope that these same traits will enable him to claw his way out.
Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
Sincerely,
(Signed, ‘E. B. White’)
Here is the link, via Jodi Ettenberg and Letters of Note.
Alternatively, you might try the thoughts of Langston Hughes.
Utah fact (estimate) of the day
One of my web searches turned up a study from Trinity College’s American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) on the demographics of Mormons. According to the ARIS study, there are now 150 Mormon women for every 100 Mormon men in the state of Utah—a 50 percent oversupply of women.
The article considers data on Orthodox Jews as well, via Jodi Ettenberg.
Solve for the equilibrium, as they say, and please consider as many different variables as possible…
“A good start…”
Mike Irvine is set to make a splash in the dry world of academe. The University of Victoria student is getting ready to defend his masters thesis in education from below the surface of the Salish Sea off the coast of British Columbia.
And lest you think he’s not taking his thesis defense seriously, he’ll be wearing a pinstripe suit over his wet suit.
…Irvine’s thesis, “Underwater web cameras as a tool to engage students in the exploration and discovery of ocean literacy,” will be streamed live on YouTube as well.
His thesis defense will take about 15 minutes and, following his presentation, he’ll face two rounds of questions from his advisors. He expects to be underwater for about an hour.
The link is here, with illustrative videos, via Jodi Ettenberg.
Assorted links
What’s the most intellectual joke you know?
That query is from AskReddit, the link is here, and here are a few of the nominations:
It’s hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they always take things literally.
And:
Jean-Paul Sartre is sitting at a French cafe, revising his draft of Being and Nothingness. He says to the waitress, “I’d like a cup of coffee, please, with no cream.” The waitress replies, “I’m sorry, Monsieur, but we’re out of cream. How about with no milk?”
And:
Werner Heisenberg, Kurt Gödel, and Noam Chomsky walk into a bar. Heisenberg turns to the other two and says, “Clearly this is a joke, but how can we figure out if it’s funny or not?” Gödel replies, “We can’t know that because we’re inside the joke.” Chomsky says, “Of course it’s funny. You’re just telling it wrong.”
I don’t find that latter one funny at all, as they are telling it wrong.
The pointer is from Jodi Ettenberg of Legal Nomads fame.
What are your picks? You get mine every day.