Last year I took a really terrific class on Coursera that behavioral economist Dan Ariely at Duke University offered. I wish it were still available to take so that I could refer you the videos, which were exquisite, both in content and in production value. I really hope he’ll offer it again. I want to take it again! The course: Behavioral economics is a pretty-new subfield of economics. It explores […]
Not blogging, obviously. 1) Listening to music. Current mix I’ve made and listened to a dozen times or more: Ultra Violet (Light My Way) — The Killers cover U2 The Dead Dog — Portugal. The Man. They Done Wrong/We Done Wrong — White Rabbits Apartment — Young the Giant Felicia — The Constellations Honest — Band of Skulls I Would Do For You — Slightly Stoopid Lasso — Phoenix Cough […]
Roughly ten years ago I read an article in Discover magazine about the technology of 3D printing. The printer takes data from a three-dimensional CAD drawing and translates it, layer by layer, into an object. At the time, its biggest use was in the military — using metal dust to manufacture screws and other parts on aircraft carriers. As you might expect, this technology was too expensive for any regular […]
In the spirit of getting back to the stated purpose of this blog, I will share with you a TED talk I finally had a chance to view last night. Last year at the Texas Book Festival I had the serendipitous opportunity of seeing Abraham Verghese, a medical doctor whose novel Cutting for Stone was featured in one of the forums. I had never heard of him or his novel, […]
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