Friday assorted links

1. Home field advantage has gone away in the NFL.  And thread on reading fast.

2. Atlantic profile of Peter Turchin.

3. “No son of mine will marry a consequentialist!”  A lesson in human pettiness.

4. Ticketmaster exploring verifying fans’ vaccine status before issuing concert passes.  And the Golden State Warriors will try to reopen at 50% capacity plus tests for everyone.  And people taking the placebo will get the Pfizer vaccine (but when?).

5. Hall and Kudlyak on the inexorable recovery of employment.

6. “Settlers and Norms,” job market paper by Joanne Haddad.