1: The essays about progress that I share the most — an index for myself.
2: Trump Tariffs: The Economic Impact of the Trump Trade War — I don’t like tariffs. Glad Tax Foundation was ready with this analysis. I was also surprised at how small the estimated GDP effect is (0.4%). And I can’t figure out whether “amounting to an average tax increase of more than $800 per US household in 2025” means indirectly paid in higher prices, or just that that’s the average amount collected if you divide by households. Still don’t like tariffs.
3: Harmonized Tariff Schedule — for when you’re wondering, “wait, what’s the tariff baseline anyway?”
4: Buddy Bindery & Press — everyone is launching a “press” recently. I wonder why and also I want one too.
5: Related — My Self-Publishing Journey & Lessons Learned (73 Page Slide Deck) — it’s easier than ever.
6: GitHub - naklecha/factorio-automation: i will automate factorio — following out of rational self interest.
7: Anywhere Computer for Information Deserts (A.C.I.D) V2 Archive Laptop – Avant-Garde Labs — on the list of “business ideas I had that already exist”.
8:
is it just me or is @tylercowen everywhere recently? even more than normal
— Ben Thomas (@bdt2hw_) February 1, 2025
like I thought @AcquiredFM was in a totally different part of my media environment but here we are pic.twitter.com/M0bi4R8ISm
9: Meet the 2025 Brains Fellows - by Ben Reinhardt — Operator, follow everyone mentioned in this article on Twitter. Did you mean X?
10: Mark Zuckerberg Interviews Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen on the Nature and Causes of Progress (Bonus) - Conversations with Tyler | Podcast on Spotify — It’s interesting the ways this important interview — only 5 years old! — feels out of date in places. For example, it feels like “affordability” is a niche concern. And mentions of Sticher, iTunes.
11: So far, yeah it’s working.
"how would someone much much better than me approach this?" also annoyingly OP
— Cate Hall (@catehall) January 7, 2025
12: Learn Durin | It’s Time to Mine — more syllabi please!
13: Syllabi — more!
14: “NEW SPACE” Frontier Film - YouTube — a documentary about the last couple decades of the aerospace industry.
15: Corca — a collaborative math editor. Overleaf meets Google docs I guess?