Friday assorted links

1. Interview with Dan Wang.

2. Vitalik on overuse of the Gini coefficient.

3. “…compartmentalizing is a fantastic tool when you’re an athlete, just blocking everything out that isn’t in line with one goal. But it’s terrible for other aspects of your life; it’s terrible for relationships.”

4. James Buchanan and club theory.

5. The details of how the delta variant works, better than I was expecting.

6. The laser-created, mid-air plasma columns hypothesis (WSJ).

7. Sriram Krishnan profile and Clubhouse (NYT).