5 Reasons Why 2013 Was The Best Year In Human History
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at least the ceremonial values and rules are “We shouldn’t be doing this.” And this is a place like the university, which is about truth and beauty. The other thing that happens is people say, “Wow! This is the deal, huh?
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What is the political situation in the Mario universe? – Quora
Toward a New Macroeconomics, Part One
Arnold Kling’s 4 quadrants of creation/destruction: Corporatist Stagnation, Schumpeterian Boom, Minsky Recession, Rising Dynamism.
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Two millenia worth of techno-panic http://t.co/eoLwV0HcT9
— Jay Jaffe (@jay_jaffe) December 31, 2013
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Fuck Pattern Recognition
“To be direct: Pattern recognition is bullshit voodoo pseudo-science masquerading as objectivity and meritocracy. It’s sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and xenophobia dressed up as science. It sickens me.”
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Ambient sounds to wash away distraction: http://t.co/5GLBAsWA9D
— rands (@rands) December 28, 2013
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Always Be Squinching And Other Tricks From A Portrait Photographer For Taking Flattering Pictures
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We're all basically alternates in the Pro Bowl of life
— Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) December 28, 2013
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Jerry’s Swing Grading – Part One
A look at swing speeds of various A’s players, by studying video
Are We Genetically Inclined To Be Materialistic?
Studies of true hunter-gatherers show an immunity to the endowment effect
Vimeo: The Changing Shape of Cinema: The History of Aspect Ratio
YouTube: Johnny Clegg (With Nelson Mandela) – Asimbonanga – 1999 Fran
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I asked Santa for more power this year, but he brought me intangibles. Sigh. I get intangibles EVERY year.
— Ed Lucas (@ELuke21) December 25, 2013
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YouTube: The History and Future of Everything — Time
The evolution of morality
“Extending moral consideration to outsiders — especially those who are not in a position to reciprocate or who could be exploited without fear of reprisal — is maladaptive in a moral system that arose from competition between groups. In other words, a conventional evolutionary view is that morality involved as a way of bolstering in-groups and excluding others – that we are ‘hard-wired’ for tribal loyalties and conflicts.”