Assorted Links for Thursday
- Daily Pill May Work as Well as Ozempic for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar. (NYT) While this could be a game changer for many, the pill has the same side effects as other GLP-1 drugs so it's not an option for those who respond badly to the current group of GLP-1 medicines.
- Economists Tell Us Their Forecasts for Recession, Risk, Growth and Inflation (WSJ)
- ChatGPT o3 Model and the possible impacts to CA public universities
- The Dollar as the Dominant Currency Is Not Going Away. I agree that there is no replacement, but could there be a world where there is no "dominant" currency and the US is just the largest in a multi-polar currency order? Probably not.
- Accountants Finally Get the Sequel to Their Favorite Film: 'The Accountant' (WSJ)
- Tracking global migration with Meta location data (NYT). The paper can be found here.
- The Rise of the Research Automation: Science as process or product in the era of generative AI?
- Is College Still Worth It?
- See how a Michigan town moved 9,100 books one by one to their new home. Optimized for speed, not efficiency (and that's fine).
- Lee Corso to sign off as 'College Game Day' analyst in August. The end of an era. He is 89 years old.
- Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet
- Renewable energy hits 32% of global electricity in 2024. The study is here. The 32% number does not appear anywhere. It is derived from the total sum of the renewable energy options in use in 2024 (See page 6).