running list of links on Dylan W. Groves

Quotation: Ellsberg on secrecy

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:27:18 -0400

“Henry, there’s something I would like to tell you, for what it’s worth, something I wish I had been told years ago. You’ve been a consultant for a long time, and you’ve dealt a great deal with top secret information. But you’re about to receive a whole slew of special clearances, maybe fifteen or twenty of them, that are higher than top secret.

“I’ve had a number of these myself, and I’ve known other people who have just acquired them, and I have a pretty good sense of what the effects of receiving these clearances are on a person who didn’t previously know they even existed. And the effects of reading the information that they will make available to you.

Movie Review: The Odyssey

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:20:46 -0400

Blog Post: Ranked Choice in the Wake of Plattner's Exit

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:14:12 -0400

Article: Can Africa take the Asian path to growth?

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:21:41 -0400

If that proves true, the lessons from Asia would need to be revised. There, farmers responded to rising population density by working their land more intensively. But African farmers are cutting their hours most rapidly in congested places, especially near cities. That might be because African economies are relatively integrated into global markets, so city-dwellers’ growing demand for food is partly met by imports. If local food prices do not rise, farmers have less reason to intensify.

Blog Post: Twitter Thoughts For You

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:31:33 -0400

Magnificent Corner of the Internet: 3 Quarks Daily

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:46:49 -0400

Etiquette Guide: The Guardian's Tips for Summer

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:20:26 -0400

Review: John Adams

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:55:12 -0400

I strongly disagree with their critique of Paul Giamatti.

Editorial: The genocide in Sudan

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:19:06 -0400

Election Prediction: Who would win the midterms if they were held today?

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 21:19:16 -0400

Interview: Is Anthropology Hopelessly Politicized?

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 21:08:35 -0400

Blog Post: Reviews of Sol

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:24:36 -0400

Article: Built for a Church That No Longer Exists

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:41:04 -0400

Article: Are Jewish Americans really leaving the Democratic Party?

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:10:31 -0400

Statement: We Must Act Now on AI

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:05:06 -0400

Article: Audrey Gelman's murder-mystery venture

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:54:52 -0400

There is a book to be written (or maybe has been written and I need to read it) about the relationship between NYT Styles Section journalists, who make fun of people like Audrey Gelman in a way that isn’t directly mean but lets the readers chuckle judgementally, and people like Audrey Gelman, who knows she is being made fun of but uses it for publicity of her latest venture anyway.

Music: Dagna, by Bembeya Jazz National

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:27:01 -0400

Guinea's legendary dance band, Bembeya Jazz, are a pillar of modern West African history. Begun in 1961 in the flush of Guinea's independence and Sekou Toure's maverick presidency, the band played under the inspired leadership of guitar giant Sekou "Bembeya" Diabate.

Afropop: The Story of Bembeya Jazz

Quotation: Being Wrong

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:11:54 -0400

“The ability to be wrong is one of the most important virtues, and it is extremely difficult. It should be emphasized in families and schools alongside standard virtues like honesty, sharing, and kindness, starting as young as possible.”

– Alan Levinovitz

Article: The Case for Debt Relief in Senegal

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:06:16 -0400

It does not make sense to me that after all of this Macky Sall is in the running for UN Secretary General.

Website: Fruit stickers from all over the world

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:55:09 -0400

Photography: Ryan McGinley

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:53:13 -0400

Article: China's Manosphere

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:52:01 -0400

Blog Post: Why Reading Matters

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:46:43 -0400

News: Texas Surpasses California as Top State for Utility-Scale Solar Power

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:30:39 -0400

Open Letter: To the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:44:36 -0400

Movie: Last of the Mohicans

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 23:21:39 -0400

Article: Anthropic makes 2,800 crawl requests for every referral

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:31:51 -0400

Music: I Remember Billy by The Jazz Epistles

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:17:36 -0400

Article: How to Win the Defense Innovation Contest

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:23:34 -0400

The real momentum for effective and durable cooperation among U.S. allies and partners lies among the private companies and research institutions in which many of the technological innovations that yield cutting-edge military capabilities occur. To maximize the benefits of defense and technological collaboration, the U.S. government and its partners must pair national efforts with transnational ones: pooling allied capital, technical know-how, production capacity, and supply chains through networks of firms, universities, investors, and governments. Building these networks will not only make it possible to innovate more quickly and produce at scale. It will also reinforce the United States’ increasingly uneasy alliances and partnerships, providing durable connections that can withstand a transactional and turbulent world.

Slides: Chad Jones on AI and our economic future

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:20:49 -0400

Podcast: Joel Mokyr on two paths to prosperity for China and Europe

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:04:23 -0400

Link: Notes on Trollope's Barsetshire

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:55:42 -0400

Paper: The Unintended Impacts of an Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Program: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:40:54 -0400

Interesting result: couples counselling leads to more IPV in Rwanda.

Music: Home at Last by Mseleku

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:35:16 -0400

Podcast: Was Jane Jacobs the first NIMBY?

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:08:38 -0400

Podcast: Jerusalem Demsas and Matt Yglesias’ critical take on “Life and Death of Great American Cities”.

Book: Drunken Silenus

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:46:10 -0400

The first of Morgan Meis’ Three Paintings Trilogy. Based on this recommendation.

Article: From Rolling Mill to Drone Factory: The Sight of Work

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:33:27 -0400

T.J. Clark on representations of labor under capitalism.