Wednesday assorted links

by Tyler Cowen August 25, 2021 at 12:31 pm

1. The cotton tote crisis (NYT).

2. Autistics are less subject to sunk cost fallacy.

3. A growing heap of evidence that natural infection is more protective (not recommending it, to be clear!).

4. David Trotter on Elizabeth Bowen.

5. “Tetlock and the Taliban,” on the nature of expertise, excellent Richard Hanania piece.

6. The new NIMBY: Judge freezes Berkeley’s enrollment growth until further study is done.

7. Nirvana is being sued by that baby in the pool. (OH: “So the baby chasing a dollar was literal!”)

8. Delta (the airline!) will charge unvaccinated employees higher premia.