Wednesday assorted links
1. “That work suggested it was not how many times a word was repeated that predicted whether Roy’s son learned it early, but whether it was uttered in an unusual spot in the house, a surprising time or in a distinctive linguistic context.” Link here.
2. Neruda update (New Yorker). The poor Tamil maid.
3. Positive rather than adverse selection into life insurance.
4. Deutsche Bahn is still using Windows 3.11 (auf deutsch).
5. The Norwegian Century is indeed upon us (in Norwegian).