<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jason Collins blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jasoncollins.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Jason Collins]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jasoncollins.blog/author/jasonacollins/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[A week of&nbsp;links]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p style="margin-bottom:12px;">Links this week:</p>
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<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="https://read.atavist.com/american-hippopotamus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American hippopotamus</a>. HT: <a href="https://twitter.com/slatestarcodex" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scott Alexander</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://neuroconscience.com/2015/06/30/a-walk-in-the-park-increases-poor-research-practices-and-decreases-reviewer-critical-thinking/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A walk in the park increases poor research practices and decreases reviewer critical thinking</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://grattan.edu.au/news/stem-the-wasteful-write-offs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Encourage more students to study science and put their future employment at greater risk</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://timharford.com/2015/06/the-psychology-of-saving/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Behavioural economics and savings</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/06/is-there-economic-hope-for-men.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The economic future for men</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://theweek.com/articles/562716/why-twitter-terrible" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why twitter is terrible</a>. I don&#8217;t spend much time there any more.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/26/is-there-a-crisis-in-high-calibre-non-fiction-publishing-sam-leith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The mainstream may be getting dumber by the day, but we are living in what looks like a golden age of publishing for, of all people, the university presses</a>.</li>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12px;">And if you missed them, my posts from the last week:</p>
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<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://jasoncollins.blog/2015/07/02/sam-bowles-on-the-death-of-homo-economicus/">Sam Bowles on the death of Homo Economicus</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://jasoncollins.blog/2015/06/30/a-grumpy-take-on-behavioural-economics/">A grumpy rant on behavioural economics</a>.</li>
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