I need an explainer of that organogram to start with…

This is a spectacular reference.

Reading Pearl on causality widened my horizons so much. Made it harder, though, but so crucial for thinking this all through from a practical policy perspective.

Can you share the table?

I haven't thought about this deeply, but how much do we think using PPPs adjusts for the Baumol effect here? On a scale of 100% to not at all

Maybe he misread the title as 'complex organisms'?

"One star. TOO MANY WORDS!"

Just a happy coincident he’s also incredibly good at cricket (another one I called spectacularly wrong in his early career)

I’m about a third of the way through, and absolutely love it. I feel exactly the same way.

And let’s be honest, I’d rather watch Jayawardene bat than read Brodsky, and I’ve done a lot of both.

He also says “poetry is more valuable than cricket”, which isn’t so much wrong as just a complete nonsense. It’s like saying hiking is better than a good glass of wine. They’re two different things done at two different times! I don’t need to rank them.