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1. A new simulation argument? 2. PC on aesthetics. 3. An interview with Yiyang Zhuge. 4. The truth and aesthetics of going to church? 5. Some forms of math cope? And a different view. 6. At the demolition derby. The post Monday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

Wealth Managers Weigh In On Central Banks Rate Pause Wealth Briefing Asia

CXMT’s reported expansion plans initially spooked Micron investors, but the company’s shares then erased their intraday losses.

Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. July 29, 2026 Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement For release at 2:00 p.m. EDT The Federal Open Market Committee approved the following statement for release by a 9 – 3 vote: The Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 percent, in support of the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate. The Committee is continuing its policy of maintaining ample reserves in the banking system. Economic activity…

My back-to-work morning train WFH reads: • Too darn f*****g hot: Hybrid Economics on the economics of extreme heat — the productivity losses, infrastructure strain, and adaptation costs that are becoming a permanent line item in the global economy. Unusually hot weather is bad for you, your temper, your economy and your business. Climate change means you’re going to get lots more of it. (Half Macro Half Climate) • Warsh: “We’re Sticking With It” … Until January: Stay-At-Home Macro decodes the Fed chair’s latest — the commitment language has an expiration date, and the January pivot is already being priced. (Stay-At-Home Macro) see…

The human labor behind yesterday’s AI models is returning as the critical bottleneck behind physical AI Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). In late 2005, Amazon (AMZN) launched a website without fanfare with a strange name and an even stranger pitch. Jeff Bezos called it “Mechanical Turk,” after an 18th-century chess-playing machine that toured Europe astonishing kings and philosophers who assumed they were losing to a clockwork mind. The trick, as it were, was a human chess master working the machine’s arms secretly from inside the cabinet. Amazon’s Mechanical Turk was the same kind of…

It might prove surprisingly easy to get in before SpaceX does. Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). Tom Yeung here with your Sunday Digest. Imagine you own a small, successful restaurant chain. A couple of neighborhood locations with dedicated fans and decent lines that are never too long or too short. Life is great. Then, your whole town decides your business is worth $250 million… and hands you $15 million to go prove it. That’s probably why Elon Musk seems so frazzled in recent interviews. The world’s richest man was essentially given the same mandate…

I was sitting at Mackenzies Bar & Kitchen on the canal in Bristol, UK, with a friend. Just before 7pm, she got a text from her boyfriend Steve: “the power is flickering here.” He was at The Louisiana, a live music pub, getting set up to play a reunion gig with his band Bang Wallace. Although we all had other adventures planned here in the UK, this was the original catalyst for us to meet up “across the pond.” We finished up and made our way over to the venue and were greeted by two National Grid service trucks parked…

(RTTNews) – Indian shares opened higher on Monday, tracking firm cues from global markets and easing crude oil prices after U.S. President Donald Trump held off on a fresh attack on Iran and said an agreement was close, signaling renewed diplomatic momentum and helping ease concerns about inflation and interest rates. Peace talks would resume today after Middle Eastern allies, including Saudi Arabia, urged Washington to prioritize diplomacy. Trump said a planned large-scale military strike on Iran was called off on the condition that efforts to quickly reach an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resolve the impasse…

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