Sunday assorted links by Tyler Cowen April 3, 2022 at 12:50 pm 1. The slap culture that is Russia (YouTube). 2. Is information the fifth state of matter? Speculative. 3. Would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization in the geological record? 4. “We find that Christians (N = 451) value prayers at an average of $2.34 while non-believers (N = 166) are willing to pay $1.56 not to be prayed for by a Christian stranger…” 5. Curtis Yarvin profile. 6. Observations on the air war.