Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

The Old Man and the Sea is not only the last major piece of literary fiction by Ernest Hemingway that was published during his lifetime; it’s also one of the most famous and best-selling works of North American literature of all … Continue reading →

After all, the perpetual conflict between India and Pakistan over the greater Kashmir area goes back to 1947. Also, check out this report, dated 8 July 2012, published in The Economist:

Did you know that the great North American activist, author, and scholar W. E. B. Du Bois was also a pioneer in the field of data visualization? Whitney Battle-Baptiste and Britt Rusert have collected Du Bois’s beautiful data portraits, including the one pictured … Continue reading →

Bayesian Update (6 June 2019): I have changed the title of this blog post to reflect a more likely explanation for the pattern of price changes pictured below. For more information about William Baumol and the so-called “Baumol effect”, see … Continue reading →

In case you are visiting from another planet, “Make America Great Again” (#MAGA) was one of Donald J. Trump’s slogans during the 2016 presidential campaign, while “Black Lives Matter” (#BLM) refers to a grassroots movement in support of people of … Continue reading →

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As we approach the end of the month, here’s a partial list of what we’re reading these days: Carissa Byrne Hessick on “Vagueness Principles.” Daniel B. Klein on “Adam Smith’s 1759 Rebuke of the Slave Trade.” Jonathan R. Macey & … Continue reading →

How much time do you spend responding to emails? Is this “email time tax” worth it? (Or does email bring you joy?) We recently stumbled upon this critique of email by Cal Newport, a computer science professor at Georgetown University. … Continue reading →

Their forceful ideas inspired countless crimes against humanity and massive amounts of human suffering (here is a partial list): Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published “The Communist Manifesto” in London on this day in 1848. File under: Garbage In, Garbage … Continue reading →

If you could take only one road trip in your life (assume a fixed budget of $2000 USD or 2000 euros for either trip), which one would you prefer: (a) Seattle to Boston or (b) Lisbon to Moscow?