Tuesday assorted links

by Tyler Cowen December 4, 2018 at 2:52 pm

1. “We also find that IR scholars have overstated the palliative effects of empathy: perspective-taking significantly
affects respondents’ policy preferences, but can often lead to escalation rather than cooperation.”

2. Should they make The Strand bookstore a NYC landmark? (NYT)

3. A thread on public thinking in the digital age.

4. Which predicts the hierarchy of the senses better?: culture or biology?

5. A claim that Taiwan could defend itself against China.