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My favorite sign of the day so far

#Trump #Tariffs vs. #China #RareEarth export restrictions
Sure, likely a #Taco situation, but just in case it's not, will we see a revival of the old contraband trade? Adam Smith, 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, Bk I, ch xi, in his digressions on Gold & Silver, wrote at some length abt it to give us an idea 😉

Dementia risk for people who quit smoking in middle age ‘same as someone who never smoked’ Research finds kicking the habit halves rate of decline in verbal fluency and slows memory loss by 20%

Via:

Cognitive decline before and after mid-to-late-life smoking cessation: a longitudinal analysis of prospective cohort studies from 12 countries In middle-aged and older smokers with initially similar cognitive trajectories, smokers who quit subsequently had more favourable trajectories than continuing smokers regardless of age at cessation. A...

In older smokers w/ initially similar cognitive trajectories, those who quit had more favourable trajectories than continuing smokers. As older adults are less likely than younger people to attempt smoking cessation, improvements in cognitive trajectories might provide additional motivation to quit:

The Draghi report on EU competitiveness Read Mario Draghi's report on the future of European competitiveness, which lays out clear recommendations on how Europe can boost its economic growth.

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Note the third remark re the 09/2024 Draghi report:

Might be, tho, that the Committee was a bit too influenced by Silicon Valley jargon...

And the Prize goes to: Joel #MOKYR, Philippe #AGHION, Peter #HOWITT

Folks not too impressed in the European session, one hour in: #spx #es_f | #trump #china #tariffs

Exclusive: Peter Thiel in talk on 'Antichrist' says he told Elon Musk not to give wealth to charity Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and early supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has urged long-time associate Elon Musk to quit the Giving Pledge under which signatories leave the majority of their wealth to charity.

So, Mr #Thiel is really serious about this #Antichrist stuff? Thought it was merely BS jargon to get liberals all worked up, but from this Reuters piece it seems he really means it (via @tomashirstecon.bsky.social @petertl.bsky.social):

Whoops, that was quick. The scaffolding between the bridge's pylons didn't seem to be set up a month ago. A happy Sunday from here!

Re #JohnSearle: Read 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘴 (1969) & 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 (1983) maybe 30 years ago, then completely forgot about him & certainly missed his later turn to social #ontology, a completely fruitless endeavor. Now that he's died, Sept. 17, I read that he must have been sort of a dick anyway.

Actually learnt sth from this paper by @lennartack.bsky.social, and be it only that you can safely delete the adjective 'ontological' attached to your description without changing the meaning. Oh, & that there’s apparently 'left-libertarians' (316, 321)...—is this so, @stephaniekelton.bsky.social?

YouTube video by Dalibor Obrad Martin Scorsese on ''La Strada''

And while I'm at it...:

YouTube video by Classic Flicks LA STRADA (1954) - Ending

Here it is:

The Unlikely Story of the Secretary Who Inspired One of Music’s Greatest Songs “Me and Bobby McGee” was originally about a woman—Barbara “Bobbie” McKee. I talked to her.

Lotta things you might not know!
I, for instance, didn't know that Kristofferson's “Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose” was inspired by the final scene of Fellini’s 𝘓𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘢 after Zampanò had abandoned Gelsomina while she was sleeping... (via @anitaleirfall.bsky.social)

Perhaps among the least philosophically & economically informed papers I've read in many, many years! About what #money is, really is, really really is...
Completely redundant from first to last page; one pleonasm after another, as #Kant had warned us, 𝘊𝘗𝘙 B 626 ff.

#PhilSky #EconSky #FinSky

Looks like whatever the #Fed says (higher #inflation with lower #employment, which is a rather unusual situation) or does (25 bps interest rate cut), stock punters are driving the markets from all-time high to all-time high: #SPX, #ES_F

in case you missed it

First studies are showing this already, I believe. Seen some posts abt them on here, haven't read them, tho. It's perhaps like with any cognitive faculty: Use it or lose it.

Wie lässt sich eine völlig verblödete Gesellschaft vorstellen?

#PhilSky #PolSci

That was close: "On the right, there was a surge in support for the populist Progress party – especially among young men – in what has been described by some as 'the Maga-fication' of Norwegian politics."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
#Norway #Norge

Yes, sure, but I view it rather from an overall ecological perspective & am not so fond of #animism, #panpsychism & all this other funny stuff, such as ontological #dispositionalism, that's resurging in our #Metaphysics departments lately. Good luck with the book, tho, & a happy weekend from here.

Just learnt from Kurt Flasch, 𝘋𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘮 𝘔𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳, 4th ed. 2020, 549 (magnificent book, btw, for those who read German), that we find the idea of animal ratiocination even in Buridan's (1301- ~1360) 𝘋𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢-Commentary (RT via @anitaleirfall.bsky.social):

Breivikeidet ferry is indeed a spectacularly scenic ride! And folks can still stop by Isaksens' on the way & have a coffee, I suppose.

A good night from here to you both (& thanks for the memories...)

Kinda sad for Isaksens Kiosk, tho. Enjoyed their beef pølser & the friendly people there:

Ah, okay, thank you! I think I've heard about frequent avalanches on the E8, if I recall correctly. A happy evening from here.

Is it here? This wouldn't seem much of a gain, would it?

YouTube video by Utpal Bhattacharjee Madam Curie's speech in 1911 while winning second Nobel prize | Madam Curie and Marie Curie

Madam Curie's Nobel Prize speech in 1911

Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium&polonium&for isolating pure radium. This was her 2nd Nobel Prize; she’d previously shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics w/Pierre Curie&Henri Becquerel youtu.be/yyWzaowsibI?...