Wednesday assorted links

1. “Cool people are perceived to be more extraverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open, and autonomous, whereas good people are more conforming, traditional, secure, warm, agreeable, universalistic, conscientious, and calm.”

2. Henry George and American libertarianism.

3. More Scott Sumner movie reviews.

4. Restaurants rated by the hotness of their clientele (NYT).  You know what to do!

5. A new bank called Erebor? (FT)  Here are further bits of detail.

6. “Proxy quitters” in Japan — the service is still growing.

7. Reddit debate on early massive galaxy formation.

8. ChatGPT-assisted retrieval practice had positive effects in an educational setting.