Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Via digg. It would intriguing to see if there is any correlation between commute times and accident rates.

“How Republicans are born… Daughter, 8, has been savings [sic] up to buy her first Guitar. Found it for $35. She had 35 exact. Then…sales tax.” This tweet (quoted above) by Grover Norquist, the founder and president of Americans for Tax … Continue reading →

“The first thing you learn in advertising is that nobody wants to read your shit.” According to Steven Pressfield’s latest book Nobody wants to read your sh*t, that fundamental lesson applies to all forms of writing, not just ads. Pressman’s excellent book, however, … Continue reading →

Why are most artists and intellectuals generally left-wing or left-of-center? One notable exception is Sabo, an alt-right street artist based in Los Angeles. (FYI: Here is a Wikipedia entry about Sabo, and here is Sabo’s home page.) Rory Carroll, who … Continue reading →

Why are concessions like popcorn and candy bars so expensive at movie theaters? Is it due to price discrimination (the standard economic answer), to discrete-discontinuous demand (see this paper by Ricard Gil and Wesley Hartmann), to differentials in ticket prices … Continue reading →

Update (6/17): The judge in the Bill Cosby case declared a mistrial. (If the jury had been able to engage in range voting instead (see below), there would have been no chance of a deadlock in the first place.) The jury … Continue reading →