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Topography of Colombia If you like Wordle, you might also like this history timeline game (via Kottke) Great thread on why violence sometimes rises, sometimes doesn’t, when police pull back What happens to crime in US cities when police pull back? It depends. When police reduce proactivity for reasons other than a viral incident, most papers don’t find a crime increase. But when a pull back accompanies a viral incident, most papers find that crime rises. Citations👇 — Aaron Chalfin (@AaronChalfin) January 24, 2022 List of best science fiction and philosophy books The incredible courtship ritual of the Hooded Grebe, via Duncan Green [embedded content]

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Links I liked

  1. Topography of Colombia
  2. If you like Wordle, you might also like this history timeline game (via Kottke)
  3. Great thread on why violence sometimes rises, sometimes doesn’t, when police pull back
  1. List of best science fiction and philosophy books
  2. The incredible courtship ritual of the Hooded Grebe, via Duncan Green

Chris Blattman
Political economist studying conflict, crime, and poverty, and @UChicago Professor @HarrisPolicy and @PearsonInst. I blog at http://chrisblattman.com

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