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Monthly Archives: December 2014
This Year In Analytics: 10 Influential Works From 2014
2014.12.29 – 09:57
This Year In Analytics: 10 Influential Works From 2014 Focused mainly on soccer
Your Inner Drone: The Politics of the Automated Future
2014.12.28 – 18:53
Your Inner Drone: The Politics of the Automated Future ‘The science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once asked, “Can the synthesis of man and machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded?” In the business world at least, no stability in the division of […]
How To Make Difficult Conversations Easy: 7 Steps From A Clinical Psychologist
2014.12.28 – 10:18
How To Make Difficult Conversations Easy: 7 Steps From A Clinical Psychologist from: December 28, 2014 at 10:14AM
Slouching Towards Utopia? The Economic History of the Twentieth Century
2014.12.23 – 17:33
Slouching Towards Utopia? The Economic History of the Twentieth Century Brad DeLong estimates material wealth increased about 30x over the 20th century
What is Advent? An Introduction to Advent
2014.12.21 – 22:01
What is Advent? An Introduction to Advent “So I decided, right then and there in the line at Costco, that I was going to use the experience of waiting in line while Christmas shopping as an Advent reminder. In that moment, and in similar moments yet to come, I was going to remember what Advent […]
When to quit your journalism job
2014.12.21 – 13:45
When to quit your journalism job “If you work in any kind of editorial organization, it is your job to understand the business model.”
Tweet by firstheart42
2014.12.18 – 21:24
@craigcalcaterra For me, it just enforces the cynical view that which customer service is a thing companies do for PR, not customers. — hannah✯ (@firstheart42) December 18, 2014 via https://twitter.com/firstheart42
Tweet by vgr
2014.12.18 – 07:07
Expecting to be treated "fairly" by a friend is reasonable. By a stranger: idealism. By an enemy: ideology. By nature: insanity. — Venkatesh Rao (@vgr) December 17, 2014 via https://twitter.com/vgr
The Two Languages of Libertarians
2014.12.16 – 10:34
The Two Languages of Libertarians from: December 16, 2014 at 10:12AM
Increased Affluence Explains the Emergence of Ascetic Wisdoms and Moralizing Religions
2014.12.16 – 05:40
Increased Affluence Explains the Emergence of Ascetic Wisdoms and Moralizing Religions
Longform Reprints: Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs by David Sheff
2014.12.15 – 18:03
Longform Reprints: Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs by David Sheff “I saw a video tape that we weren’t supposed to see. It was prepared for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. By watching the tape, we discovered that, at least as of a few years ago, every tactical nuclear weapon in Europe manned by U.S. personnel was […]
Tweet by gapingvoid
2014.12.14 – 23:20
The new corporate reality: pic.twitter.com/HsYCsWdcDp — Hugh MacLeod (@gapingvoid) December 14, 2014 via https://twitter.com/gapingvoid
How horizontal gene transfer shakes up evolution
2014.12.12 – 13:43
How horizontal gene transfer shakes up evolution “Confronted with this fact, however, we can no longer pretend that gene-mixing between species is ‘unnatural’, that it is some misguided practice that would never exist if not for our meddling latex-gloved hands. We did not invent gene transfer; DNA did.”
Tweet by jfruh
2014.12.11 – 22:55
at one point 1% of greenland's entire population lived in a single, horribly designed apartment building https://t.co/BzN5cIbrb8 — Josh Fruhlinger (@jfruh) December 12, 2014 via https://twitter.com/jfruh
Tweet by erikmal
2014.12.11 – 21:04
Quite liked this video essay on “Once Upon a Time in the West,” which is a flawless masterpiece of cinema: http://t.co/03X3gK6gOI — Erik Malinowski (@erikmal) December 12, 2014 via https://twitter.com/erikmal
BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 584: Is Billy Beane Bad for Baseball? by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller
2014.12.08 – 15:51
BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 584: Is Billy Beane Bad for Baseball? by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller from: December 8, 2014 at 03:48PM In which Ben and Sam talk about my long Josh Donaldson essay.
Quote from Tumblr
2014.12.08 – 10:26
One of the main purposes of fact-checking is to correct journalism’s bias toward a “good story” above all else. Maya Dusenbery kenarneson.tumblr.com
Tweet by emmaspan
2014.12.06 – 11:51
Yet even "Baseball Nicknames: A Dictionary of Origins and Meanings" can't help me with my white whale: pic.twitter.com/VrVnRwdMiZ — Emma Span (@emmaspan) December 6, 2014 via https://twitter.com/emmaspan
Tweet by christreadway
2014.12.06 – 00:13
Oakland baseball in 1945: Home-owned, home-managed pic.twitter.com/zM2kSFUNjP — Chris Treadway (@christreadway) December 6, 2014 via https://twitter.com/christreadway