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The logic of collective action: why airline tickets are non-transferable
Christopher Elliott wrote up this report exploring the reasons why airline tickets are non-transferable. Here’s fake reason #1: Airlines don’t allow name changes for two reasons, according to Victoria Day, a spokeswoman for Airlines for America, an industry trade group. The … Continue reading
Our peace plan for Palestine
How about a “one-state” solution? That is, what if the Government of Israel were to annex the Gaza Strip outright; (ii) extend full Israeli citizenship as well as voting rights to every person living in Gaza, (iii) allow all political parties incorporated in Gaza (including Hamas) … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Game Theory, Justice, Politics
Tagged Gaza Strip, Israel, Peace Plan
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Reading The New Yorker
Originally posted on Book of words:
The New Yorker folks have been sharing some love with its readers recently, particularly so if you do enjoy reading longer pieces like myself. This summer, the American weekly magazine will overhaul the design…
Public service announcement: merge rudely*
* Especially in dense, slow-moving traffic! (hat tip: tyler cowen)
Annals of self-refutation
From Chuck Klosterman’s (a/k/a “The Ethicist”) smug response to an ethical question posed by “K.M.” of Holden, Massachusetts: I don’t think voicing your opinion falls anywhere on the ethical continuum … Ask [your two sons] if they’ve seriously considered the consequences of … Continue reading
Veritas odium paret
Consider, for example, the recent spate of self-righteous indignation over Stephen A. Smith’s “provocation” comments or over the Israeli Defense Forces’ ongoing military operation in Gaza. Why do people disagree with the simple truth in either case–i.e. most violence is provoked, which, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Truth
Tagged Current Affairs, Gaza, IDF, Ray Rice, Stephen A. Smith, Truth
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The House always wins …
Here’s a puzzle: Why do people gamble in casinos, especially if (as our old friend Freddie Torres would like to say when talking about lawsuits against the government) “the House always wins”? By way of example, check out this report by Chris Opfer … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Rules
Tagged Blackjack, Casinos, Judicial Review, Law, Rules of the Game
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Which side is winning the propaganda war?
Does the ceasefire also apply to the propaganda war?
Map-Art
Check out this book of maps edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Tom McCarthy: “Mapping it Out: An Alternative Atlas of Contemporary Cartography.” Here are some samples from the book. Here is one of our favorites: Michael Craig-Martin, “Globalisation” (2011)
Laboratory Life, B. Latour & S. Woolgar (1979)
Originally posted on A Fine Theorem:
Let’s do one more post on the economics of science; if you haven’t heard of Latour and the book that made him famous, all I can say is that it is 30% completely crazy…
prior probability 