Saturday assorted links

Economist Tyler Cowen's recent AI talk in New York City was covered by Fortune, where he also shared NBA predictions. The article highlights Cowen's perspective on AI's economic impact, while other links explore topics including NBA player flopping, Japanese corporate diversification, and new writing from Karl Ove Knausgård.

Saturday assorted links 1. Fortune covers my AI talk for Sana in NYC https://fortune.com/2026/05/22/tyler-cowen-ai-economy-not-mass-unemployment-adjustment/ . Plus my NBA predictions, made Thursday a.m. 2. SGA does seem to flop more https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/flop-or-not-does-shai-gilgeous-alexander-really-fall-more-than-his-peers-134022010.html?guce referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce referrer sig=AQAAADiEruYdsRrI1wmTd6SIgU9ifQ5s6-sy9IkGSCN0I1dFGyVg0ZVRzugH0F5yKytGgxZL TOBjE3TZy0NR4Y90cRO3qPfL7VeDfxUTvfp5ynlU5zaRQ2JARVQx-zH3BZCL003tSuHG4qeAtbyX-G pvdser8hsPEJvwjV9q6VmDSj&guccounter=2 . 4. Thomas Sargent lectures on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@thomassargent6648 . 5. Why Japanese companies do so many different things https://davidoks.blog/p/why-japanese-companies-do-so-many . 6. Fresh Knausgård https://granta.com/a-strange-birds-cry/ .