Surprise! Americans actually agree on immigration Dan Hopkins, Ezra Klein
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Learning to Love Volatility: Taleb on the Antifragile
2012.11.19 – 10:42
Learning to Love Volatility: Taleb on the Antifragile “By contrast, every bank failure weakens the financial system, which in its current form is irremediably fragile: Errors end up becoming large and threatening.”
Blog: Svbtle Featured: Great products are like ducks
2012.11.19 – 10:17
Great products are like ducks Tom Tunguz, Svbtle Featured
Carl Sagan quote
2012.11.18 – 20:32
Carl Sagan quote “Their motives are in may cases consonant with science.”
Blog: Via Meadia: Republicans Retreat On Copyright Reform?
2012.11.18 – 12:41
Republicans Retreat On Copyright Reform? Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia
The Most Amazing Race: Reverse-Engineering the Brain | Think Tank | Big Think
2012.11.17 – 23:15
The Most Amazing Race: Reverse-Engineering the Brain | Think Tank | Big Think
YouTube: Africa For Norway – New charity single out now! Official christmas video
2012.11.17 – 14:40
Africa For Norway – New charity single out now! Official christmas video SAIH – Norway
Luck and Skill Untangled: Q&A with Michael Mauboussin | Wired Science | Wired.com
2012.11.16 – 16:12
Luck and Skill Untangled: Q&A with Michael Mauboussin | Wired Science | Wired.com “In luck-skill language, if luck is dominant you should place most weight on the base rate, and if skill is dominant then you should place most weight on the individual case.”
Thread: How tech companies grow
2012.11.16 – 12:35
Thread: How tech companies grow “All those employees make decisions that tend to keep them employed. That’s how small innovative companies become big incumbent ones.”
Blog: The American Conservative » Rod Dreher: What’s Wrong With The Freakin’ Show
2012.11.16 – 09:44
What’s Wrong With The Freakin’ Show Rod Dreher, The American Conservative » Rod Dreher
Pynchon – Essays: “Is it OK to be a Luddite?”
2012.11.15 – 17:40
Pynchon – Essays: “Is it OK to be a Luddite?” “But we now live, we are told, in the Computer Age. What is the outlook for Luddite sensibility? Will mainframes attract the same hostile attention as knitting frames once did?”
Clayton Christensen: “A Capitalist’s Dilemma”
2012.11.15 – 10:30
Clayton Christensen: “A Capitalist’s Dilemma” “The answer is that efficiency innovations are liberating capital, and in the United States this capital is being reinvested into still more efficiency innovations. In contrast, America is generating many fewer empowering innovations than in the past. We need to reset the balance between empowering and efficiency innovations.”
Blog: kottke.org: A soccer ball for everyone
2012.11.14 – 18:31
A soccer ball for everyone Jason Kottke, kottke.org
YouTube: Gersberms (Yer Gervin Mah) – HnP ft. HAYLEY WILLIAMS & SWEDISH CHEF
2012.11.14 – 13:26
Gersberms (Yer Gervin Mah) – HnP ft. HAYLEY WILLIAMS & SWEDISH CHEF Nerdist
Blog: Barking Up The Wrong Tree: What makes almost everyone happy?
2012.11.14 – 11:30
What makes almost everyone happy? Eric Barker, Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Blog: NotGraphs Baseball: Micro-Essay: Wit and Its Relation to Brandon Phillips
2012.11.13 – 11:53
Micro-Essay: Wit and Its Relation to Brandon Phillips Carson Cistulli, NotGraphs Baseball
Jobs-To-Be-Done | David Lee
2012.11.13 – 11:33
Jobs-To-Be-Done | David Lee Christenson says, “at a fundamental level, the things that people want to accomplish in their lives don’t change quickly.”
Citizens United Not End of the World
2012.11.13 – 10:00
Citizens United Not End of the World “The evidence is that money is not as important in determining outcomes of election as people think. Apparently, we aren’t puppets of the rich and powerful who mindlessly follow the plutocrat with the deepest pockets. Apparently, democracy isn’t a total sham.”
Blog: Barking Up The Wrong Tree: What are the two secrets to training like an expert?
2012.11.13 – 09:00
What are the two secrets to training like an expert? Eric Barker, Barking Up The Wrong Tree