Interesting stuff

1. New lab discovery: a nanomaterial that can collect water from air without energy at a rate that’s double the old rate. Promising, but still need data on cost and scaling.
2. Trump is attacking Harvard and other universities for teaching people. He’s pulling their research funds, “pausing” visas of foreign students (for ALL universities!), etc. I think that Harvard et al. should respond by spreading their teaching as widely as possible. This has been happening for awhile, but now’s the time for Americans to learn about governance, corruption, etc. Bonus — listen to this podcast on that (part 2) but also (part 1) a very good discussion of GPT’s failing at poker.
3. “More than 1,400 doctors, scientists and health experts… recommend that children should not be given their own smartphones before the age of 14 and should be barred from using social media until they are at least 16.”
4. Listen to the origins of “Growth – GDP is the Magic Number.” Important point: We humans did FINE as a species before GDP (or growth) existed, so there’s no fundamental need for either.
5. Why restore a classic boat that should be scrapped? Watch.
6. Watch: Trump et al. deregulate crypto so they can rip off everyone. Lots of other scammers are going to jump in. Fun times ahead! Related: Trump cancels
7. Russ Roberts discusses his 1,000 episodes of EconTalk
8. Wilders, as expected, brought down the Dutch cabinet with his usual excessive demands (this time, migration). Plan on about a year of uncertainty as new elections are organized. The good news is that he’s told his ministers to resign immediately, rather than stay on, which will save all of us from their incompetence (Marjolein Faber is #1 for this).
9. Regardless… Read: Bad new: Dutch government policy continues to destroy affordable rentals. Good news: They decided against destroying English-language courses at universities, which matters directly to my job security. Here’s an analysis of the near future in Dutch higher education.
10. Watch this cri de coeur for better urban cycling infrastructure in the US.

H/T to BS