Michael Nielsen

I enjoyed reading this memoir of Stirling Colgate, one of the most remarkable people I've ever met: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.05023.pdf

This is a wonderful paper on megastructures, by @anderssandberg: (I was an enthusiastic referee for the paper 😀)

In general, I dislike arguments for any cause (including basic science) which are just motivated reasoning by self-interested advocates: "more for my ingroup!" Of course, Press's job was to advocate for more science funding! But this article is unusually thoughtful & principled

(Much more, elided for now, though I may add some other stuff as it catches my eye. Enjoying the paper a great deal!)

My understanding is that the Antarctic still remains the source of a lot of uncertainty in climate models. This paper, for instance, is very interesting, from James Hansen et al:

(I've always liked this idea. It probably goes nowhere, but it's just so imaginative! And the paper is a treat to read - lots of very interesting conceptual paragraphs.)

Thanks Steve. Buzzard writes extremely well - it's very enjoyable to read!

Incidentally, this is a fun paper about _why_ prices have dropped so rapidly.