Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Via our favorite website Marginal Revolution, we learned that Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos wants to become a philanthropist now. Here is an excerpt from Bezos’s “request for ideas” (via Twitter): I’m thinking about a philanthropy strategy that is the opposite … Continue reading →

Via Jason Kottke: 

Question #1: Why do print and TV media outlets keep publicizing the names and pictures of publicity-seeking murderers? Question #2: Could Congress impose a Pigouvian tax on the publication of such information? 

Read more here. Hat tip: Cliff Pickover, via Twitter.

Update (13 June 2017): According to Willie Santana, via Twitter: “AZ referendum for Statehood: 7% of pop. cast vote; AK was 21%; HI, 35%.” In case you haven’t heard yet, Puerto Ricans voted overwhelmingly in favor of becoming the 51st … Continue reading →

WOW. 👑 https://t.co/T2BjBdRvTJ — Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) June 10, 2017

A recent blog post by Dick Lipton and Ken Regan at Goedel’s Lost Letter (“Does logic apply to hearings?”) inspired me to write the post you are about to read. In brief, when the Director of the National Security Agency, … Continue reading →

One thing is clear about “L’affair Flynn“: former FBI Director James Comey wants to inflict maximal damage on President Trump for being fired from his post, but from a purely strategic perspective, shouldn’t Comey have stayed silent instead of “feeding … Continue reading →