Links of the Day

1. DC legalizes pot.

2. 24 hours of Twitter.

3. Is it harder to help the middle class than the lower class?

4. Psychology journal bans significance testing. Comments on Marginal Revolution here.

5. 535,000,000+ hours to be saved by driver-less cars?

Links of the Day

1. Goodbye, Parks and Recreation.

2. Mayweather v. Pacquiao ticket pricing.

3. Where NYC's most busy speeding cameras are located.

4. Life in China's Ministry of Truth.

5. House Republicans and DC marijuana legalization.

Links of the Day

1. The upside of waiting in line.

2. Walmart raises wage for employees to $10/hr.

3. New Jersey man faces arrest for transporting an antique pistol.

4. Regulation is good for Goldman.

5. Germany accuses Greece of Trojan Horse tactics in bailout negotiations.

Links of the Day

1. How many calories are in your Chipotle?

2. Is it the burrito or the dorito that is worse for your health?

3. Can Bitcoin save NYC millions?

4. Notre Dame's curriculum review and the Catholic identity.

Links of the Day

1. Could driverless cars own themselves?

2. Yanis Varoufakis: "No time for games."

3. IEA white paper - "Why rail fares should be liberalised."

4. Colorado's marijuana money going up in smoke.

Arthur Chu - Your Princess is in Another Castle

Arthur Chu came to speak at Notre Dame last night on "nerd culture" and what he calls the "transactional view on sex." Mr. Chu was very well-spoken and communicated with gravitas when speaking about the 2014 Isla Vista killings and other similar atrocities.

Chu argues that gender issues have always been around and pointed to the motif of the protagonist who "wins" a woman - as a prize - through her father by competing particular challenges without her having any say in the matter. He also contends that tropes - following in the footsteps of "winning my daughter's hand in marriage" are more prevalent in the world today than we'd like to acknowledge. Arthur's article on the Daily Beast, after which his presentation was named, can be found here.

I blogged about Chu's implementation of game theory last year in his successful stint on Jeopardy.

Links of the Day

1. The War on Terror has cost nearly $1.7 trillion.

2. Life inside a secret Chinese Bitcoin mining facility.

3. Mapping the microbes of the NYC subway.

4. Investigative journalists and digital security.

Links of the Day

1. Does too much strenuous running shorten your life? One study says yes, Justin Wolfers responds no.

2. A $22 billion shortfall for student loans in the 2016 proposed budget.

3. Why won't Japanese workers go on vacation?

4. Concerns from the Silk Road trial.

5. US employment is increasing, at least nominally.

Links of the Day

1. The Uberpreneur: How An Uber Driver Makes $252,000 A Year.

2. Are we on the verge of a libertarian political breakout?

3. Maps of every road in the United States.

4. Paul Krugman on the ECB's refusal to accept Greek bonds as collateral.

5. Trust in government vs. trust in business. Interesting results from India, Spain, and China.

6. Bill Gates' plan to help the developing world profit from its sewage.

Links of the Day

1. Game theory on "that call" by the Seahawks.

2. A good analysis of Mesut Özil's role (of Arsenal FC) from the perspective of Bastiat.

3. Everything you could want to know about Chipotle's history.

4. How Uber, Foursquare, and other apps might look on the Apple Watch. Hopefully we'll see how accurate these are come April.

5. S&P pays $1.4 billion settlement over government allegations that it doctored credit ratings on mortgage securities before the crisis.

6. Facebook, Spotify, and Ryanair to consider accepting bitcoin payments.

Links of the Day

1. The Super Bowl still has some catching up to do in terms of viewership. Credit to Reddit user WhatWeOnlyFantasize for creating this chart.

2. Do wine clubs really deliver on their promises?

3. The Internet is putting federalism to the test.

4. When robots beam down from the clouds.

5. Useful budgeting advice from a successful 31-year-old.