The Clock Didn’t Start with the Riots from: April 30, 2015 at 01:22PM
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Reading David Brooks on Character
Reading David Brooks on Character from: April 30, 2015 at 01:13PM
What’s Wrong with Keynesian Economics?
What’s Wrong with Keynesian Economics? from: April 29, 2015 at 11:48AM
Beyond college rankings
Beyond college rankings A value-added approach to assessing two- and four-year schools by Brookings Institution
The Enlightenment Trap
The Enlightenment Trap “Enlightenment, if it exists, may be a goal worth striving for, but it is not worth achieving. While we may never understand the ultimate clockwork that makes the universe work — whether it is the law of karma or grace from a benevolent God — one thing that we do know is that people who claim […]
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Introducing Deserved Run Average (DRA) — And All Its Friends – by @bachlaw, @harrypav, and @dturkenk (Free) http://t.co/4oJ3DeclTp — Baseball Prospectus (@baseballpro) April 29, 2015 via https://twitter.com/baseballpro
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How wealth in childhood shapes personality later in life http://t.co/rUdNxYdl3J pic.twitter.com/Ha54db9xqQ — The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) April 28, 2015 via https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic
Nonviolence as Compliance
Nonviolence as Compliance from: April 28, 2015 at 05:21PM
What comes after religion?
What comes after religion? from: April 28, 2015 at 05:03PM
The Myth of Police Reform
The Myth of Police Reform from: April 28, 2015 at 03:44PM
David Simon: ‘There are now two Americas. My country is a horror show’
David Simon: ‘There are now two Americas. My country is a horror show’ “The last job of capitalism – having won all the battles against labour, having acquired the ultimate authority, almost the ultimate moral authority over what’s a good idea or what’s not, or what’s valued and what’s not – the last journey for […]
The Backwards Brain Bicycle – Smarter Every Day 133
The Backwards Brain Bicycle – Smarter Every Day 133 April 28, 2015 at 02:31PM
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I wrote a letter to my daughter about her day yesterday: http://t.co/YExHHzWmBf — Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) April 28, 2015 via https://twitter.com/euqubud
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When you accidentally film the best moment of someone's life – Here's the story: https://t.co/GaGsLhYWPz pic.twitter.com/e4EqZeGoC8 — Charles Wood (@bigchaz) April 25, 2015 via https://twitter.com/bigchaz
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This is pretty awesome: http://t.co/IOfyHBx4OA — Ember Nickel (pseud) (@EmberNickel) April 28, 2015 via https://twitter.com/EmberNickel
One minute history of conservative anti-rationalism
One minute history of conservative anti-rationalism “Conservatives of this temperament love nothing more than a story about how some well- meaning attempt to improve the human conditions backfired (through the “law of unintended consequences”) leaving the supposed beneficiaries much worse off than they were before (and egg on the face of the chastened liberals, who […]
Wormhole Entanglement and the Firewall Paradox
Wormhole Entanglement and the Firewall Paradox “In other words, the solid and reliable structure of space-time is due to the ghostly features of entanglement,” he said. What’s more, ER = EPR has the potential to address how gravity fits together with quantum mechanics.
Flying halfway around the world for dinner
Flying halfway around the world for dinner A meal at Fäviken Magasinet
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The Rise and Rise (and Rise) of Stephen Curry, by @runofplay http://t.co/GxlET4iUAM — Grantland (@Grantland33) April 24, 2015 via https://twitter.com/Grantland33