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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Jobs, Thiel, and Stasis Theory
One way to win an argument is to change its stasis. The stasis of an argument is the mental category that it fits into. Some common examples of stases are fact (“Did you come in after curfew?”), definition (“Was the … Continue reading
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Wednesday Nerd Fun: Did You Ever Wonder…?
From “How did candy canes get their shape?” to “Why is ice slippery?“, the answers to your burning questions just might be available over at Wonderopolis. If questions like these keep you up at night, you might also enjoy Why … Continue reading
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Tagged curiosity, entertainment, fun, micro-institutions everywhere, miscellaneous, nerd
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Steve Jobs and the Value of Time
Steve Jobs’ attitude toward time comes through clearly in the Walter Isaacson biography. This trait seems to have been ingrained well before his years spent suffering from cancer. According to Steve Wozniak, as early as 1985 Jobs acknowledged that his … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, creativity, focus, how-to, information technology, invention, literature, nerd, philosophy, science, technology, time
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Sports and the International System
On a recent drive through western North Carolina I heard an interview with James Dodson, author of American Triumvirate (audio). The book is a history of modern golf focusing on three key figures–Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, and Ben Hogan. I … Continue reading
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Tagged data, entertainment, fun, history, international relations, micro-institutions everywhere, politics, sports, statistics
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New Feature: Reading Lists
Several colleagues have recently asked me to curate reading lists for them, either to brush up on an unfamiliar subject or as the basis for part of a survey course. I have decided to include these lists on a new … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, economic development, economics, education, entertainment, foreign policy, history, international relations, literature, politics, reading, research, security, security studies, terrorism, violence, war
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Wednesday Nerd Fun: Futbol Data
The intersection of sports and social science has been an increasingly interesting place, with books like Soccernomics applying research tools to understand sporting success. Now you can try your hand at this type of analysis, thanks to Manchester City’s release … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, data, entertainment, fun, how-to, research, soccer, sports, statistics
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Micro-Institutions Everywhere: Jury Duty
I could have also called this post “The Math of Jury Duty,” but it would have been hard to find two things that more Americans hate more in a single title. Readers who have responded to a jury summons will … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, crime, culture, economics, Houston, law, mathematics, micro-institutions, micro-institutions everywhere, modeling, politics, rhetoric, statistics, Texas
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The Politics of Children’s Literature
From Tales for Little Rebels: From the Puritans to the present day, the didactic tendency of books for young children suggests that adults have no problem prescribing a moral framework for the young. Yet there is the tendency to fear … Continue reading
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Tagged children, education, ethics, literature, micro-institutions everywhere, morality, politics, politics in everything, reading
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Wednesday Nerd Fun: Sudoku on the Richter Scale
I have wanted to write a post on Sudoku for a while now–especially computer programs that can solve puzzles or evaluate solutions. This week’s Nerd Fun post gives me a chance to bring up the topic, thanks to a recent … Continue reading
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Tagged computer science, entertainment, fun, games, nerd, programming, science, sudoku, technology
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For and Against Open Journals
As a follow-up to last week’s post on open data, here is a recent article from The Economist on the argument for open journals: Criticism of journal publishers usually boils down to two things. One is that their processes take … Continue reading
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