Linkblog

Posted on November 28, 2019 by jjn1

• Meet the Leftish Economist With a New Story About Capitalism New York Times profile of Mariana Mazzucato. Don’t you love the term “leftish”?
• What happens to your Bitcoin when you die? There’s an insurance outfit that has you (and your legatees) covered. Isn’t capitalism wonderful? Full disclosure: I don’t have any cryptocurrency assets, so this is purely theoretical for me.
• Seeing Like a Finite State Machine Terrific challenge by Henry Farrell to the conventional Western wisdom about China and AI. The Comments thread that accompanies it is also interesting and thoughtful.