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Early admissions programs, while potentially beneficial to individual colleges, might lead to a decline in the overall quality of student bodies. via Cheap Talk.

Economist Steven Landsburg recommends 20 influential economics articles published in the American Economic Review, including Hayek's 1945 article "The Use of Knowledge in Society". via The Big Questions

Jason Kottke shares a blog post discussing Radiohead's consistent influence within the music industry over their career. via kottke.org

Amazon Prime members can now stream around 5,000 movies and TV shows for free, though the selection doesn't include many new releases. via kottke.org

Brian Christian participated in the Turing Test, which evaluates a computer's ability to appear human in conversation. via Freakonomics

This comic strip follows a student who tells their professor they want to major in "the universe" because of their vast interests. via xkcd

David Henderson addresses seven myths about free markets in this EconLib blog post from February 19, 2011, and links to a related interview.

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This American Life may have discovered the original recipe for Coca-Cola through research of old newspaper articles.

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Expert tips to achieve your 2024 goals, plus journal prompts, goal-setting strategies, and time management techniques. via LifeHack

Dutch economist Jan Pen pictured economic inequality by imagining a parade of people ordered by income, where height corresponds to earnings — it would take nearly 45 minutes for a person of average height to appear.

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Tyler Cowen's article, "The Inequality That Matters," focuses on income inequality within the United States.

via Longform.

A TSA agent bribed a JetBlue ticket agent to check a suitcase under a random passenger's name. Bruce Schneier's blog post briefly discusses the security implications of this event.