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Assorted links

1. Felix Salmon also recommends the new Bob Pozen book.

2. Are dreams just exercise for the brain?  I enjoyed this line: “I argue that dreaming is not a parallel state but that it is consciousness itself, in the absence of input from the senses..."

3. Rene Girard on war and apocalypse.

4. How much do (non-related) animals cooperate?

5. Via Kat, why we fall for "fast news."

6. How to improve the health care bill, by David Leonhardt.

Posted by Tyler Cowen on November 11, 2009 at 07:44 AM in Web/Tech | Permalink

Comments

Huh, I didn't know Hobson was still active. Good to hear.

Posted by: William at Nov 11, 2009 8:43:26 AM

Nice set of links today!

Posted by: Michael F. Martin at Nov 11, 2009 3:30:40 PM

just saw this today. non- related animals...cooperating? quite bizarre but fascinating
http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/the-common-toad-natures-sex-toy-nsfw-cci

Posted by: Tim at Nov 11, 2009 5:49:03 PM

Dreams: astonishing that so much can "happen"
without your leaving your bed--or setting up a
screen.

Posted by: Candadai Tirumalai at Nov 12, 2009 9:31:03 AM

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