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The future of Libya
Will the State of Libya remain a single unified nation, or will Libya break into three separate or semi-autonomous regions along tribal lines? Check out the political map below for what a divided or federal Libya might look like: For more … Continue reading
“Step away from that [smart] phone!”
That is the title of this interesting report in the Sunday Times about the various strategies some people use to disconnect from their smart phones and maintain a modicum of sanity. Here is an excerpt: Whenever Michael Carl, the fashion … Continue reading
David Zetland asks, “What do I lose with the shutdown?”
Not to worry, however, since the so-called “government shutdown” is not a real shutdown: it doesn’t apply to “essential” services, like domestic surveillance and the drug war … Hat tip to aguanomics
“Buy or bite?”
That is the title of my contribution to the upcoming book Economics of the Undead: Blood, Brains, and Benjamins, edited by Glen Whitman and James P. Dow. If you are into vampires, then read my essay, the latest draft of which … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Markets, Blood, legal failure, Vampires, Violence
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Why did Coach Schiano bench Josh Freeman?
To save his own job as head coach, that’s why. For those of you who are Bucs fans, do you agree with prior probability that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost their first two games this season, not because of their quarterback, … Continue reading
Who’s the douche? Gomez or McCann?
Major League Baseball suspended Carlos Gomez for one game for his role in this altercation. Why wasn’t Brian McCann suspended? (Hat tip to Floyd “Money” Mayweather for the video link.)
About 1 in 157 Americans are in prison
According to Google search, China’s population in 2012 was four times larger than the USA’s 2012 populuation: 1.315 billion to 314 million, and yet, according to this damning report by the Pew Center on the States, One in 100: Behind … Continue reading
What would you do with $625,000?
This is the amount of cash you would have won if you had received a (no-strings-attached!) “Genius Grant” from the MacArthur Foundation. (Yesterday, the MacArthur Foundation named this year’s Genius Grant winners, including a writer (Donald Antrum), an economist (Colin Camerer), a … Continue reading
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Tagged Genius Grant, MacArthur Fellowship Program, MacArthur Foundation
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What is the optimal strategy for finding a parking space?
Presh Talwalkar, who has created one of the best blogs on mathematics and game theory on the web (Mind Your Decisions), recently wrote up this blog post on parking space strategy. It includes this interesting excerpt from the book Traffic: Why … Continue reading
La sonrisa de Adys Ann … Baby Adys Ann’s smile
Our beautiful baby daughter was born seven weeks ago on this day. For the past seven weeks prior probability has tried to capture her smile on film, taking thousands of pictures of her night and day to no avail … … Continue reading
