Wednesday assorted links

1. Some GPT advances so far.  And good survey of views on existential risk.

2. The paradox of social capital in Northern Ireland.

3. Scott Sumner movie reviews, noting I think he is underrating Return to Seoul, EO, and Pillow Talk.  Usually I agree with Scott 100%.

4. Did the Counter-Reformation harm science?

5. Everybody is the main character.  Or is “leadership that which is scarce”?

6. Why did human society make so little progress for 300,000 years?