- Amazing story of a Russian family, discovered in 1978 after 40 years in isolation
- ‘The cypherpunk movement laid the ideological roots of Bitcoin and the online drug market Silk Road; balancing previous emphasis on cryptography, I emphasize the non-cryptographic market aspects of Silk Road which is rooted in cypherpunk economic reasoning, and give a fully detailed account of how a buyer might use market information to rationally buy, and finish by discussing strengths and weaknesses of Silk Road, and what future developments are predicted by cypherpunk ideas.’
- ‘Deep work’ Study Hacks >> Knowledge Workers are Bad at Working (and Here’s What to Do About It…)
- From Knowledge to Narrative – to Systems? Games, Rules and Meaning-making | museumsandtheweb.com
- ‘libertarian paternalism is flawed, not because it restricts peoples’ choices, but because it makes heroic assumptions about choice architects’ ability to figure out what the actual default choices should be, and blocks their channels for learning better. ‘
- Learnable programming
- The risk science of cycling is hard : Goldacre, B., & Spiegelhalter, D. (2013). Bicycle helmets and the law. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 346.
- At what sample size do correlations stabilize?
- Skeptical narratives in science journalism
- Programs are secret. Justifications are secret. Court is secret. Any dissent is secret. Reason for secrecy? Secret.
- Rumors of Tribes how high school cliques get named
- Spending a month without the dehumanising technology of the fork: fork-free.tumblr
- How to make people put away their phones in bars: The Offline Glass
- Ferrari throttles group emails
Categories