Tuesday assorted links

1. Further reason to discount Grusch.  And commentary from Ross.  Nonetheless here is a look at the more serious evidence.

2. How culture normalizes patriarchy.

3. The UK plans to lead on AI.  Says Sunak.  And a few of you have been asking for more Macca content, so here is Macca on AI, not the worst comments I have heard on the topic.  Macca is still at the frontier, even at age 80 or so.

4. What do we know about corporate discount rates?

5. “The percentage of profits appropriated by the [Sicilian] Mafia ranges from 40% for small firms to 2% for large enterprises.”

6. Dugin update.