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Monthly Archives: August 2008
The uncanny valley
When you get too good at faking it, people freak out
Her reputation doesn’t precede her
What do the following men and women have in common? Thomas Marshall John Kern Calvin Coolidge Charles Bryan Frank Knox John Bricker Earl Warren William Miller Spiro Agnew Geraldine Ferraro Sarah Palin Each was his or her party’s nominee for … Continue reading
ARMS AND THE BRIDE
In the old days–an endlessly repeated, almost Homeric phrase here, ‘the old days’–the villagers all brought food as gifts, valuable relief from the harsh routines of life in the hills. Today, however, there are few signs of want. “
The first law of mass media
Organizations will work tirelessly to de-personalize every communication medium they encounter.
Historia Matematica Mailing List Archive: Re: [HM] Coauthorship (was: Oskar Morgenstern)
All this issue began in the late forties when, at Levi-Strauss’s request, Andre Weil wrote an appendix (pp 278-285) to Claude’s famous book ‘Les structures elementaires de la parente’”
Confidence game – The Boston Globe
Con men have a term, ‘taking off the touch,’ for the point in the con when they take the mark’s money.”
Real Time Economics : Bernanke: Fed to ‘Act as Necessary’ on Inflation
A yet more ambitious approach to macroprudential regulation would involve an attempt by regulators to develop a more fully integrated overview of the entire financial system. In principle, such an approach would appear well justified, as our financial system has … Continue reading