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This semester, we reenacted many pivotal scenes from the film “The Social Network” — and we read Ben Mezrich’s book “Accidental Billionaires” on which the film is based — in order to explore in-depth many legal and ethical issues in … Continue reading
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Greater Mexico
Today’s history lesson (via imgur) consists of an old map of the Californias (circa 1838). We tend to forget that the entire southwestern USA used to be Mexican territory before the Mexican-American War of 1848, an unjust and illegal war … Continue reading
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Requiescat in pace
Update (4/24): Wow! After we reposted a fan video on YouTube of an old performance of “Let’s go crazy,” it took less than 24 hours for the video to be taken down. In any case, we confess that we weren’t … Continue reading
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In defense of Paul Krugman (Earth day edition)
Economist Paul Krugman recently wrote up a short and provocative essay in the N.Y. Times on “Econ 101 boosterism” or the naive application of textbook economics to real-world moral and legal problems. In his essay, Krugman compares the pros and … Continue reading
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The Seven States of America?
What if we just abolished the 50 States or replaced them with seven mega-regions or provinces? (See below for a hypothetical example of what such a proposal might look like on a map.) After all, our northern neighbors in Canada have only 10 … Continue reading
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What do you want to do when you grow up?
Why do we ask youngsters what do they want to be; instead, we should be asking them what do they want to do when they grow up. But even this suggestion raises a deeper question: why would anyone ever want to “grow … Continue reading
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prior probability 