In episode 45 of his “Waking Up” podcast, I loved this piece by Sam Harris on identity politics, and wanted to capture it here for…
The path less traveled.
In episode 45 of his “Waking Up” podcast, I loved this piece by Sam Harris on identity politics, and wanted to capture it here for…
In this interview, Milton Friedman responds to Phil Donahue’s concerns about greed.
The Heritage Foundation has an interesting 2015 article on, The Redistributive State: The Allocation of Government Benefits, Services, and Taxes in the United States. In…
If you’d like to understand the importance of having a good knowledge of probability theory, consider the following eye-opening example (inspired by something I read…
GoldMoney, an online service that allows consumers to buy, hold and sell bullion gold, recently announced a series of enhancements, including a debit card that…
Un profesor de económicas en una universidad anuncio que nunca había suspendido a un alumno, pero que recientemente había suspendido a una clase entera. La…
Hardly a day passes here in Spain that we don’t hear news of yet another case of political corruption. Whether it’s the left-leaning PSOE or…
I was excited to find that Beachbody has released the latest in their P90x fitness series, with the new P90 product. I’ve been a P90x…
Using software like Quicken or iBank, I’ve always budgeted, tracked and monitored our family’s expenditures by category. In this area, the internet age has delivered both improvements and setbacks.
In the video [The Pleasure of Finding Things Out][1] I love this profound quote by Richard Feynman. He’s talking about pseudo-science, but it has broad…
California will spend $68 billion to build 520 miles of railroad by the year 2029, while China will spend $300 billion to build 16,000 miles…
My livelihood and many of my hobbies revolve around technology. This past week, after witnessing an unfortunate series of technology problems affecting my Mom, I’ve been reflecting on how I take for granted as commonly understood so many technological concepts that, in reality, are not commonly understood at all.
Another reason for hosting your own email.
Interesting thoughts from Craig Rowland about the Cyprus banking crisis.
Barry Ritholtz (one of my favorite bloggers) reporting about a study of the effects nasty comments have on reader perception.
In discussions about society and economics, proponents of collectivism often respond to free-market capitalists with incredulity. How could you possibly put profit above the needs of human beings? That is a tragic misunderstanding. And in a domain so important but so closely tied to emotion, it often derails constructive conversation and progress.
Phil Greenspun [posted an article][1] discussing a study of the efficiency of Medicaid in Oregon. The conclusion was that Medicaid increased hospital use by about…
Reflections on the re-election of Obama, from the perspective of someone living in a country collapsing from the weight of socialism.
One of the most enriching things I’ve done in my life has been living abroad, experiencing cultures and societies completely different from those in which I was raised. I have a proposal for a Twitter feature that could potentially provide similar benefits.
Like most people fascinated with the potential that devices like the iPad have to change how we read and learn, I rushed to the App Store to purchase Push Pop Press’s highly-anticipated first interactive book, “Our Choice.”
Spainish president Rodriguez Zapatero has been meeting with German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, to discuss reforms necessary to address the battered Spanish economy. One of Merkel’s…
In his excellent book, “Innumeracy,” John Allen Paulos presents a number of surprising and important consequences of our general lack of understanding of the principles of mathematics; particularly, statistics, probability and the influence of large and small numbers.
I really enjoyed watching this video of Paul Graham at the 2009 Business of Software conference, in which he discusses 21 future trends he believes…
In a Wall Street Journal article related to Twitter’s settling of a privacy-related case, Consumer Protection Bureau Director David Vladeck states: Consumers who use social…
