Greg Torr

(Tyler Cowen)

“I do (partially) understand tattoos as an act of rebellion, differentiation, or counter-signaling.  I do not understand tattoos as an act of conformity.”

It's a weird theory of mind failure when nationalists can't understand that other nations have nationalism too x.com/mtracey/status…

Happy Donald Rumsfeld IRS letter day to all who celebrate 💸

@parafactual Pretentious answer, but Proust. And I second Timeless Way of Building (and Pattern Language)

what are books to read to see more beauty in the world? can anyone name some?

Pet Shop Boys (West End Girls)

I'm inviting suggestions on which artists'/bands' best ever songs were also their first (or at least their first hit).

Kate Bush (Wuthering Heights). Can't believe I didn't think of this one before

“South Africa should significantly reduce the number of Cabinet Ministers and fundamentally overhaul the Presidency as important steps towards fixing a weak state,” says CDE’s @annbernsteinSA cde.org.za/action-one-reo…

@dnschlz @tylercowen I haven’t read much of the internet, but this seems very plausible to me

Have mentioned this before, but Scott Sumner's non-econ posts are the most underrated things on the internet. Great compilation: danfrank.ca/the-wisdom-of-…

@Marius_Man Disagree. DA should rather give limited support to ANC minority government for next five years. Ask for a couple of things in return, but not to be part of govt

I haven't tweeted in ages, but I have something to say today... #governmentofnationalunity Discuss. #ElectionResults @MYANC @Our_DA

@RyanCoetzee Yes, the top four broke the previous world record for women's only races. The world record for mixed races (where male pacemakers can be used) is around four minutes faster.

Did I see that correctly? Four women just broke the previous marathon world record?

That’s from this very interesting Tyler Cowen post on Sri Lanka: marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

Internally, they still have not generated a true consensus on what the country is about, and if they are all willing to live in peace with each other.  As one of my drivers put it succinctly: “I don’t like the other religions.”

@muttface Doesn’t everyone?

@gregory_torr I am sure you had similar thoughts on your game drives

“I have noticed that the guides are implicitly Lamarckian in their theorizing.” Tyler Cowen goes to a game reserve.

Some interesting stuff in this article news24.com/news24/southaf…

Geography trivia: Turkey borders seven different countries all of which use different alphabets. Source: buff.ly/3KY6rlm