StickWithANose

Here is a great post a la’ Lawyers, Guns & Money on the Monty Hall problem.  I think that I’ll be trying this one out very soon…
The Monty Hall problem is a well-known thought experiment in probability analysis. The problem is fairly simple, but for reasons that aren’t well understood the right answer is sufficiently [...]

I implore one and all to click through to read this article by R. Taggart Murphy in the Asia-Pacific Journal. It is one of the most clear-headed essays that I’ve seen published in recent memory that addresses the sociology of financial bubbles from a critical perspective and situates our current economic malaise as a crisis [...]

Historically, the large-scale introduction of a new communication technology goes through a predictable sequence of development. In the initial phase, the new technology is heralded as a democratizing tool offering individuals a public perspective and voice that was not previously possible. From there it moves into a golden age of relatively open media in which [...]

To celebrate a day spent grading exams, I offer you this bit of truth telling from an evil little man:
Look out!

When the old man that once confessed that he didn’t know the difference between a Mac and PC introduced the “Internet Freedom Act” into the Senate to kill the open web, it was met with dismissive laughter, but it is unwise to assume that the wide spread support for an open internet architecture will ensure [...]

This one goes out to all of my sushi loving environmentalist friends…
While the climate crisis gathers front-page attention on a regular basis, people–even those who profess great environmental consciousness–continue to eat fish as if it were a sustainable practice. But eating a tuna roll at a sushi restaurant should be considered no more environmentally benign [...]