08/16/2023 Assorted Links

Assorted links from today’s online reading

1. The U.S. Government Will Pay to Remove Carbon From Atmosphere (HEATMAP)

2. Dominican Republic's Income Convergence Signals Path to Advanced Economy Status in Coming Decades (IMF)

3. Why books donʼt work (Andy Matuschak)

4. Books are not Information Dense (In My Tribe)

5. On Aspiration (Infovores Newsletter)

6. Clearing up Common Misconceptions About the Charges Against Trump (Reason)

7. The Origins of States (Great Gender Divergence)

8. How Musicians Invented the Law (Honest Broker)

9. A Mess of Tiny Principalities (New York Review of Books)

10. Oppenheimer Was a Communist (Commentary)