Assorted links

1. Quantum and classical light harvesting of plants as a means of computation.

2. Excerpt from Michael Nielsen’s new book on neural nets.  His associated Indiegogo is here.

3. Is the number of uninsured in California even going down?

4. MIE: fake slums for luxury tourists who don’t want to see real poverty.

5. Children are slowing down.

6. Interview with Vaclav Smil.  Interview with Robert Skidelsky.