Assorted links, some of them sporting

1. A long Bill Simmons paean to the theory of winner’s curse, and are sports fans less prone to depression?

2. Update on Moneyball strategies in baseball.

3. (I view the Dutch example as supporting my point, actually, noting that the platforms of far left socialist parties won’t match up to interests very well in any case).

4. The sport of picking locks.

5. The Great Portuguese hollowing out., and does the U.S. risk a fiscal tipping point?, by Jim Hamilton.

6. The home advantage plays virtually no role in objectively-evaluated individual sports, as opposed to team sports.

7. Your telepresence robot.