Sunday assorted links

1. Request for research proposals on psychology of progress.

2. Interview on NIH grants and how to improve them.

3. Burry, Jack Clark, and D. Patel.

4. a16z.  A good and impressive piece.

5. That California tax would hit some people pretty hard.

6. NYT on the history of picture books.

7. Canada sees dramatic rise in deportations.

8. 25 thoughts on Venezuela.

9. Erich von Däniken, RIP.