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Mike Gallmeyer
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Finance Professor at the University of Virginia
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"Jazz is freedom. You think about that."

Thelonious Monk.

ph. Nico van der Stam, 1964.
February 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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I read that the people of Gavle have once again erected the enormous straw goat they build every Xmas, only for it usually to be burned down, often in picturesque circumstances. This 2018 Foreign Desk Explainer for Monocle Radio introduces Gavle Goat lore. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Explainer 144: Who’s burning the Gävle goat?
It is tradition in the small Swedish town of Gävle to erect a giant straw goat to celebrate Advent. However it is also tradition, or at least it has become…
monocle.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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“Cognitive scientist Gary Marcus says AI must be regulated. He has a plan”.

Today at the WSJ: www.wsj.com/articles/cog...
Cognitive Scientist Gary Marcus Says AI Must Be Regulated. He Has a Plan.
Cognitive Scientist Gary Marcus Says AI Must Be Regulated. He Has a Plan.
www.wsj.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.

(1/n)
August 20, 2023 at 1:55 AM
Fascinating read….
As pen-and-paper writing becomes less and less common, Chinese people are increasingly forgetting how to write Chinese characters. In this essay in Global China Pulse, David Moser discusses how this has led to debates about the cultural value of traditional character writing.
Character Amnesia in China
During a visit to Beijing many years ago, I was having lunch with three PhD students in the Chinese Department at Peking University, all of whom were native speakers of Chinese. I happened to have a c...
globalchinapulse.net
November 21, 2024 at 11:52 AM
The FT has a nice read today on how AI is improving robotics.

ig.ft.com/ai-robots/
Are the robots finally coming?
Advances in physical AI mean machines are learning skills previously thought impossible
ig.ft.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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The world is on course to enter an era of prolonged depopulation, writes Nicholas Eberstadt. How can policymakers and citizens prepare for this new demographic order?
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/age-de...
November 19, 2024 at 4:42 PM
November 16, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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November 15, 2024 at 12:37 PM