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Tag Archives: micro-institutions everywhere
JavaScript Politics
In a recent conversation on Twitter, Christopher Zorn said that Stata is fascism, R is anarchism, and SAS is masochism. While only one of these is plausibly a programming language, it’s an interesting political analogy. We’ve discussed the politics of … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, fun, hacker politics, humor, internet politics, Javascript, micro-institutions everywhere, nerd, online politics, political science, politics, programming, Python, R, technology
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Micro-Institutions Everywhere: Virus Naming
The alphabet soup of naming new viruses rivals Pentagonese. AIDS. SARS. MRSA. Where do these names come from? One major source of influence in this area is the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Their latest innovation is MERS, referring … Continue reading
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Tagged education, epidemics, health, micro-institutions, micro-institutions everywhere, nerd, politics, research, science, technology
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More on Food Truck Regulation
More on the plight of food truck operators in NYC, from the Times: There are numerous (and sometimes conflicting) regulations required by the departments of Health, Sanitation, Transportation and Consumer Affairs. These rules are enforced, with varying consistency, by the New … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, crime, culture, economics, education, food, fun, game theory, how-to, micro-institutions everywhere, nerd, political science, politics, rationality, technology, traffic, transportation
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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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Internet Sales Tax FAQ
We’ve got a week of Internet politics-related topics queued up for you this week. Today we’ll take a look at the prospect of an internet sales tax. Later in the week we’ll discuss why The Great Gatsby still isn’t in the public … Continue reading
Micro-Institutions Everywhere: Gypsy Law
Forthcoming from Peter Leeson (who previously brought us an analysis of pirate democracy), a new paper on self-governance among Gypsies (via Mike Munger): Gypsies are nomads. They’re often separated from one another, which precludes direct monitoring. Further, Gypsies’ locations are … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, crime, culture, economics, education, history, how-to, micro-institutions, micro-institutions everywhere, nerd, political science, politics, research, signalling
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Micro-Institutions Everywhere: 8-Hour Sleep
For much of European history it was common to sleep in two chunks of about four hours each, separated by a one- to two-hour period of waking activity: [Historian Roger] Ekirch found that references to the first and second sleep … Continue reading
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Micro-Institutions Everywhere: The Five-Day Work Week
When it came about in the early 20th century, the five-day workweek was a triumph. Labor unions bargained collectively to get workers another day off, doubling their free time to enjoy the country’s booming prosperity. Now, though, it is an anachronistic … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, coffee, culture, education, history, how-to, micro-institutions, micro-institutions everywhere, politics, public opinion, research, technology
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Dollar Bills and US State Borders
A number of proposals (not all serious) have been floating around lately to redraw the borders of the US. According to this list nearly every US state has groups wanting to partition it somehow. One idea was fifty states with … Continue reading
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Tagged algorithms, behavior, borders, culture, data, economics, map, mapping, maps, micro-institutions, micro-institutions everywhere, nerd, networks, partition, political science, politics, research, statistics, trade, traffic
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