Sunday assorted links

1. Lazarus Lake update.

2. Robin Hanson responds to Scott Alexander.  I do not entirely agree with Robin on this one, but his rebuttal beats back the initial critique, which did not much consider overtreatment or medical error.  I might add that studies of Christian Scientists and Amish also dent one’s faith in the very high value of medical care.  That said, in my own life medical care has only done me good.

3. A dextrous robot.

4. Professor and policeman party update.

5. “As rural households respond to nuclear threats by migrating out, North Korea’s nuclear tests exacerbate the phenomenon of rural hollowing-out in China’s border regions.”

6. Ezra Klein on the costly SF toilet (NYT).

7. Shortage of cash in Cuba, other monetary problems too.

8. Bargains: “Connecticut’s only home with an FAA-approved private paved airstrip is selling for $2.9 million.”  Check out the photos, it is very nice.

9. Three-body Fermi resolutions, from Casey Handmer.