Wednesday assorted links

1. Stephen Carter best books of the year list (Bloomberg).

2. Malcolm Gladwell on Bulletin on Paul Simon.

3. Should we have octopus farms?

4. Against proof of stake (you need to scroll down a bit to get to the interesting part).  Is this the best piece on crypto and public choice/constitutional economics questions?

5. Eric Topol on the lame Biden response.

6. Somaliland Taiwan markets in everything.