I hate to admit it, but Virginia probably did have the first Thanksgiving. It would be hard for the Pilgrims to have held one before they even got there. Berkeley Plantation
A Swedish study shows that winning a lottery does not reduce crime in either the winners or their children. This rather undermines economic explanations for crime. Sumus quod sumus "We are what we are."
I asked ChatGPT many questions about this blog. It made some mistakes of emphasis but was pretty good. It offered to make me a timeline of the major themes. Not bad.
Capitalism Isn't Responsible for Society's Flaws; You Are. At an interesting libertarian substack The Black Sheep. The capitalist is controlled by the consumer.
'A beautiful use of AI'...isn't this basically just a high-tech version of dress-up?..ok as far as it goes, I guess, but much more important to give kids an idea of what people in various jobs actually *do*
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