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Category: ideas
epistemology, philosophy, theology, religion
Behavioral economics stumbles upon childish rage.
This is hilarious in a “laughing to keep from crying” kind of way: People who refuse the “treatment” of a feedback nudge or do the opposite of what ...
Accidents are a feature not a bug.
I turned on our computerized car the other day and got a pleasant surprise. My wife had set the radio to a local college station and the DJ was playing music I&...
A 21st century industry: meditation for mental health.
Drive through Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, walk around Soho and Chelsea, and you’ll see dozens of empty stores; commercial spaces for lease. In Los A...
Party of one.
We are, each of us, multiple people: a composite of diverging traits, a constant battle of wills, a mind regarding itself. This truth echoes throughout history,...
Hating on The Man but providing no alternatives.
A lively and chilling essay on the radical individualism that could, if unchecked by culture and further aided by technology and demagogues, turn America into t...
Septeto Nacional on the care of the self.
Septeto Nacional: “Sábado triste, domingo feliz, la vida es una semana. Hay que vivirla con ganas, hay que aprenderla a vivir.”
Conversations with my imaginary nemesis: marketing matters.
I have an ongoing conversation with an imaginary nemesis. We are both in the business of making people happy. Today my nemesis said to me: Don’t you know ...
The audacity of oil spill containment.
While describing BP’s desperate efforts to contain their massive oil spill off the coast of Louisiana, the NYT lets drop this gem: “The impact of ch...
Looking sharp on the field.
Summary of an awesome study on professional soccer players and how they make decisions. In short: they’re not just worried about scoring, they’re al...
Evolving super bugs.
Is being concerned over the extinction of certain animals an anthropocentric view of the world? I mean, could it be that we’re not alone in this hurly-bur...
How the race to build the best blogging tool was won?
Some of my fellow travelers in web development will remember a time when there was heated competition between major players to build the most popular blogging t...
Betting on the society of your dreams.
If it’s true that “the house always wins,” why do people keep playing? For sure, it’s a celebration of hope. It’s also an investme...
Six packs of beer, nachos, Weber.
Millions upon millions of people joyously devote their free time to the study of organizational behavior — lunch break after lunch break, weekend upon wee...
Smartphones: the next TV remote control?
When will TV remote controls start coming with “like” and “favorite” buttons? (Let alone “Share on Facebook” or “Tweet...
Do apps on closed networks destroy wealth?
Apps on closed networks destroy wealth. That’s one implication of Steven Berlin Johnson’s fresh argument: What you see on this [Google search result...
Published details of a legal bank heist.
How many people in finance are using the very detailed debacle of synthetic cdo’s and other derivatives as a primer on how to create new, even more comple...
Handy technology.
Necessity is the mother of invention. Iambic pentameter, the three second rule: constraints lead to improvisation. You need a wall to have a “breakthrough...
Absorbing energy transmitted by sound waves.
It had been two years since I last heard music so loud for so long as I did tonight. Before that, I’d done it very often, as frequently as several times a...