Links for the Week of September 3rd, 2018

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    1. Diary of a Concussion.
    2. Incarceration as Incapacitation: An Intellectual History.
    3. New evidence that lead exposure increases crime (Brookings).
    4. Lead exposure and violent crime in the early twentieth century.
    5. The Idea Trap (EconLog, Bryan Caplan).
    6. Correlation between gut microbiota and personality in adults: A cross-sectional study.
      • Personality traits were correlated with gut microbiota composition.
      • Gammaproteobacteria was increased in high neuroticism group.
      • Low conscientiousness group showed increased abundance of Proteobacteria.
      • The low conscientiousness group showed decreased abundance of Lachnospiraceae.
    7. Prediction Markets: When Do They Work?
    8. Your body wasn’t built to last: a lesson from human mortality rates.
    9. The Impact of Chief Diversity Officers on Diverse Faculty Hiring (NBER).
    10. A Coming Hypocralypse? (Overcoming Bias, Robin Hanson).
    11. Reddit’s megapixel masterpiece illustrates how culture evolves (New Scientist)
    12. Conspiracy as Governance — Non Linear Effects of Leaks on Unjust Systems of Governance.

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