Sunday Links

Arnold Kling on DARPA, Emergent Ventures, and project choice. Here’s a slice: “I think where DARPA succeeded was when it had two other elements. One was a vision, in particular Licklider’s vision for computing. The other was a network of creative people. Licklider knew where to find the groups that could move his vision forward.” Intelligence and You: A Guide for Policy-makers. HT: John T. Everyone’s upset with Amazon, but… Robin Hanson on intangible investment and backroom IT. Here’s what the Pentagon’s first-ever audit found. More on that later.