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Tag Archives: entertainment
Net Neutrality: Why You Should Care
What is net neutrality? It’s the idea that Internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all traffic equally, not giving preferential treatment to certain users, types of data, or equipment. With FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on the way out, nominee Tom Wheeler … Continue reading
Great Gatsby, Copyright, and the Public Domain
Is the Great Gatsby in the public domain? The book was written in 1925 and Fitzgerald passed away in 1940. Copyright generally expires 70 years after the author’s death, so you could be forgiven for thinking the answer is “yes.” If … Continue reading
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Tagged books, copyright, culture, data, economics, education, entertainment, fun, hacker politics, history, how-to, internet politics, law, legislation, literature, micro-institutions everywhere, movies, nerd, online politics, politics, public opinion, rhetoric, SOPA, technology
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The Aesthetic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
On episode 18 of the Loopcast, Sina and his guest discuss fashion and national security. Around 23:00 comes the money quote: “There’s a lot of black hair dye involved being a dictator.” Here’s the logic: [I]n a democracy, your hair … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, democracy, dictatorship, entertainment, fun, history, how-to, humor, international relations, Middle East, politics, rhetoric
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The Political Economy of *Killing Them Softly*
Over the weekend I rented Killing them Softly expecting a relatively mindless movie featuring Brad Pitt as a hitman. I was only half right. During several key scenes George W. Bush and his administration officials can be heard giving statements to … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, culture, economics, entertainment, fun, humor, nerd, political science, politics, rhetoric, violence
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When will telephone polls have their “Literary Digest” moment?
Mention the name Literary Digest to a pollster and they will instantly know what you are talking about. Literary Digest is well-known for their famously wrong prediction that Kansas Republican Alfred Landon would beat Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the presidential election of 1936. … Continue reading
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Tagged data, elections, entertainment, ethical statistics, nerd, online politics, political science, politics, polling, statistics, surveys, technology
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Blogging, Two Years On
Tuesday marked the second anniversary of YSPR. I wrote the first post while at a political science conference, so it seems fitting that I spent the last couple of weeks travelling to ISA and MPSA. From those two conferences it … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, entertainment, fun, how-to, nerd, political science, politics, rhetoric, violence, war, writing
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What Can Novels Teach Us?
Is it worthwhile for a social scientist to read fiction? What can novels teach us about human behavior? This post summarizes the work of several authors who would answer the first question with a resounding “yes,” and describes their arguments … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, culture, data, economics, education, entertainment, fiction, fun, game theory, history, how-to, literature, novels, political science, politics, reading, research, rhetoric, science, useful fiction
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Just Don’t Call It Moneyball
Situated in the tech startup capital of the world, it should come as no surprise that the San Francisco Giants are leveraging data analysis to give the team a competitive edge: Within the organization, there are three programmers who maintain … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, behavior, culture, data, economics, education, entertainment, fun, micro-institutions everywhere, nerd, norms, politics, regulation, sports, statistics, technology
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Grad Student Advice Round-Up
Nearly two years into my graduate school experience, I now feel qualified to write this post–especially since it is an aggregation of others’ experiences and recommendations. This is by no means all the relevant wisdom, but hopefully it will be … Continue reading
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Coughing at Classical Concerts
Not being an opera fan myself I will take their word for it: Classical concerts comes with a set of very strict rules for the public: you cannot applaud while the music plays (the only exception being after opera arias), … Continue reading
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