What I've Read and Listened to This Week

Brad Delong interviewed on Conversations with Tyler (podcast). "There is no better way for harnessing the eight-billion-brain anthology intelligence of humanity to achieving the social goals we all want, other than to organize a well-functioning market system. That is a basic and serious truth."

The Return of the Magicians (column), by Ross Douthat (NYT). On AI bots, UFO's, and spirituality through drugs.

Sails and Sail Plan, The Quarterdeck Sailing Podcast

(Current book) Reading the Glass: A CAPTAIN'S VIEW OF WEATHER, WATER, AND LIFE ON SHIPS, By Elliot Rappaport. A fantastically well-written book about weather and its influence on the sailor.

St. Matthew Passion (Bach), RIAS Chamber Choir, Rene Jacobs. Very slow opening chorus, but passionate and sonorous.