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Monthly Archives: March 2009
economics
There are two basic principles on which economics is based, and they are both false. 1. People act in their own best self-interest. In fact, that doesn’t always happen – it’s demonstrable that people don’t do this. They have social, … Continue reading
Posted in economics, theory of knowledge
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archives
Are there any types of information which are not currently being collected and recorded? Or is the question more about how to make information – which has already been abstracted out of reality – more accessible?
Posted in information architecture, information theory
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too big to fail
The big book I’ve just started, Re-engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings, points out that errors and failures are a key part of our learning process. If we were to accomplish the “goal” of many theories and methods of stopping errors … Continue reading
Posted in cultural evolution, education, philosophy of science
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http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13315818&source=hptextfeature It’s very interesting to think about the process of commercializing scientific research. I wonder how formalized the process is at MIT and other large research universities – maybe there’s the potential for a research project there.
Posted in business, news, philosophy of science
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open source bank
the title on an article from wired.com today gave me the impression that someone was going to create a p2p bank – a financial trading/loan mechanism hosted and owned by thousands of loosely affiliated individuals, with no central control or … Continue reading
Posted in geopolitical theory, government, news, power theory
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subintelligitur
I’ve been subscribing to Anu Garg’s word of the day for a couple of years now, mostly for the quotes at the bottom of the email. But sometimes a new word jumps out at me, and its etymology suggests to … Continue reading
Posted in art, communication, cultural evolution
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David Foster Wallace as visionary
Reading in the New Yorker about David Foster Wallace today was kind of surreal. The story reminds me of myself on many levels, but I was surprised to feel that I would have had a lot more empathy with him … Continue reading
Posted in design theory
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