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April
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The correspondences and divergences between the Buddha and Hume, caricatured (literally)…
Meet Vaclav Smil, the man who has quietly shaped how the world thinks about energy | Science | AAAS
Starting here:
- Ernst Mach - Wikipedia
- One-electron universe - Wikipedia
- David Deutsch: A new way to explain explanation - YouTube
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@patio11— “I wrote a bit about Japan’s hometown tax system, which is aesthetically beautiful, novel and sensible tax policy, and a cautionary tale about incentives all at the same time:” Japan’s Hometown Tax | Kalzumeus Software -
Paper-reading log by Mark J. Nelson.
December
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Becoming a magician – Autotranslucence about Indian body painting artist Sanatan Dinda (at least that’s what drew my interest in the first place). Found via.
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Why you should care about the Nate Silver vs. Nassim Taleb Twitter war
Interesting context to note: Lady Murasaki is the author of the Tale of Genji, which is widely regarded as the first novel ever written and one of the oldest extant pieces of Japanese cultural artifact to be considered a masterpiece. via.
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» President’s Letters Constellation Software, Inc. — considered to be good annual letters by a business leader to read (along with Berkshire Hathaway etc.,).
“My stance is that what defines scholarly research is the approach and the design,” Barrett says. “It’s anti-science to insist on a conclusion.”