A thoughtful piece on England and its influence.
Related: The rage of the British elites. Note especially the guy who compares Musk’s purchase of Twitter with Paris under the Nazi occupation.
Katya Sedgwick, who grew up in the USSR, on the social costs of scarcity. Not just of scarcity, I think, but of top-down economic planning.
A Norwegian study found that replacing one of the 5% worst general practitioners with one of average quality generates a social benefit of $9 million. Surely true of many other occupations as well.
CDR Salamander writes about dependencies on China on US defense procurement.
Speaking of defense procurement, Tablet has a long profile of Palmer Luckey, founder of the defense startup Anduril: American Vulcan. The article also mentions General Bernard Schriever, who spearheaded USAF ballistic missile development in the 1950s and 1960s–and we need some Schrievers in government and well as entrepreneurial and creative people in the private sector if we are to become more nimble and effective in weapons-system development. See my review of Schriever’s biography: A fiery peace in a cold war.
The WSJ book section last weekend had a review of Patrick Bishop’s “Paris 1944″…reminded me of an outstanding French TV series set during years of the Occupation. “A French Village,” as its name suggests, is set not in Paris but in the fictional town of Villeneuve. One of the best television series I have ever seen. Here’s my review. That link goes to Ricochet, I also posted a review at Chicago Boyz, but the one at Ricochet is easier to read due to the WordPress typography plague. This series should really not be missed.