Scott Adams is, in my estimation, one of the most gifted humor writers alive today.
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The answer: around 97%.
What percentage of couples are happily married? » Leadership Network
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Yikes. China gonna fall down go boom.
Christopher Balding on the real risk in China
In the past 5–8 years, and especially the past 3, China has built an enormous amount of stuff that nobody wants, needs, or uses. Fueled by a lending boom that began in late 2008 and tripled total len…
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This is unsurprising, as is other research I have seen suggesting that a surprising number of atheists pray. Disbelieving in God goes against our nature.
Underneath it all, do atheists believe things happen for a reason? — Barking up the wrong tree
Barking up the wrong tree. I want to understand why we do what we do and use the answers to be awesome at life. Happiness · Expertise. About. Eric Barker; First visit? Start here. Bakadesuyo.com is pr…
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Wow. The wages of sin is death…
Man Gets Ebola … From Phone He Stole
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I find the idea that students start performing better as soon as they find out the results of the lottery fascinating. So much of life is about perspective and expectations.
Freakonomics » Evidence on School Choice
We then examine the impact attending a chosen school has on student test score outcomes. We find substantial test score gains from attending a charter school and some evidence that choosing and attend…
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I’ve long been a China skeptic because of things such as the ghost cities, but I must confess I never really considered the opportunity costs of their actions the way he highlights them here.
From the excellent Yichuan (Lulu) Wang
You all should be following him, or so it would seem to me. Here are excerpts from his post What China Could Be Building: The real risk is not that the housing won’t be used, but that the crash would…
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I have a lot of friends from Singapore and so I’ve heard a lot of Singaporean stories, but this one is over-the-top even for Singapore. Wow.
A Singapore property developer is targeting the super rich with parking problems by marketing luxury apartments that allow owners to keep their cars next to their living rooms, even if they are on the…
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Panel two raises a point I had not considered before. Very amusing.
Basic Instructions — Basic Instructions — How to Debunk a Frightening Myth
I wrote this one in the days leading up to Comic-Con. I don’t think I need to explain beyond th…
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This is one thing I miss about reading books on a Kindle — I have less flexibility in how I mark them up. On the plus side, it’s easier to snag a verbatim quote.
Annotating Texts: Some Suggestions (with Pictures!)
A friend of mine who is also a doctoral student recently asked if I had any sort of system for how I annotate books, particularly primary texts. It was an interesting question, because annotating book…