Tag: books
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Assorted links for 11/15/2019
1. How to turn the complex mathematics of vector calculus into simple pictures (science, MIT Technology Review) 2. In Data Journalism, Tech Matters Less Than the People (media, NYT) 3. Everything You Wanted to Know about Hazelnuts but Were Afraid to Ask (food, JSTOR) 4. The toxic killers in our air too small to see…
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Open Borders
Economist Bryan Caplan makes a bold case for unrestricted immigration in this fact-filled graphic nonfiction. American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Those in favor of welcoming more immigrants often cite humanitarian reasons, while…
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Assorted links for 10/25/2019
1. Bitcoin surveillance helped feds take down a massive child abuse site (blockchain, MIT Technology Review) 2. How Do the New Plant-Based Burgers Stack Up? (new-food, NYT) 3. As the World’s Garbage Piles Up, Controversy Over Waste-to-Energy Continues (energy, Undark) 4. George Takei (book, Full Stop)
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Assorted links for 09/19/2019
1. Who Would I Be Without Instagram? by Tavi Gevinson (new-culture, The Cut) 2. Jonathan Safran Foer on Our Moral Obligation to Eat Better (book, food, The New Republic) 3. Cashing In on Climate Change (climate economics, Slate)
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Assorted links for 09/11/2019
1. Where Quantum Probability Comes From by Sean Caroll (science, Quanta) 2. A Famous Argument Against Free Will Has Been Debunked (science, The Atlantic) 3. ‘Ulysses’ on Trial by Michael Chabon (history, books, The New York Review of Books) 4. A New Timeline of the Day the Dinosaurs Began to Die Out (science, NYT) 5.…
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Talking to strangers
With ‘Talking to Strangers,’ Malcolm Gladwell Goes Dark. Human beings are by nature trusting — of people, technology, everything. Often, we’re too trusting, with tragic results. But if we didn’t suppress thoughts of worst-case scenarios, we’d never leave the house. We definitely wouldn’t go on dating apps or invest in stocks or let our kids…
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Assorted links for 08/19/2019
1. The Dutch War on Tourists 2. In Pittsburgh, a Bookstore Where ‘Freewheeling Curiosity’ Reigns (books) 3. How Portugal Became the Epicenter of Sustainability for the Wine Industry 4. Competition policy in the age of digital platforms: what’s at stake
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A Hidden Order of Reality
Claude Lévi-Strauss’ (1908-2009) chef-d’oeuvre Tristes Tropiques (1955) is there among the top 50 books of the XXth century. It is also one of the books that influenced me a lot when I was a teenager. I read it at least three times. It was novel, exotic, and very inspiring. Maybe it is one of the…
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Assorted links for 08/12/2019
1. Can you step in the same river twice? Wittgenstein v Heraclitus by David Egan (philosophy) 2. Counting Calories to Stay Fit? There’s a Trillion Little Problems With That (health) 3. Great Ideas Are Growing Scarce. That’s Not So Great by Noah Smith (innovation) 4. Yes, There Is a Trade-Off Between Inflation and Unemployment by…
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Writing to persuade
The most sobering truth in this book is that truth is not persuasive, because beliefs are impervious to facts. “It’s not realistic to think that if only people knew the truth, they would do the right thing,” via The New York Times
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