The Warm Blanket of Totalitarianism

I was wandering around the Lifeboat Foundation website when I came upon this interesting little article. It’s essentially a laundry list of things that should and can be done to help prevent mass extinction of the human species.

Some make sense, others are a little silly, and still others are terrible. Like getting rid of Globalization, [...]

February 21st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Economics, Politics, Science | Leave a comment

Prediction is a Fickle Mistress

I have often been skeptical of people who claim they can predict and understand something as complex as what some economists call ‘the market’; and I’m even more suspicious of politician’s predictions:

This graph should speak for itself.

Some people will try to use this information to say the stimulus and recovery plans are [...]

January 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Economics, Politics | Leave a comment

The Prisoner's Dilemma Demonstrated 4-Minitues

I found this video at the Everyday Economist (which is now part of my links list.) Scott Sumner at The Money Illusion (also part of my links list) has something to say about it:

I find this a jaw-dropping illustration of the fruits of 4.5 million years of human evolution since “Ardi.” The cognitive arms [...]

December 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Economics, Rationality/Logic/Thinking, Science | Leave a comment

This Might Get Annoying After Awhile

I love economics; and I love the economic way of thinking, sometimes to the exclusion of other modes of thinking. Economics is like a warm blanket and fresh-baked cookies from Mom rolled into one, I’m comfortable with it. I simply can’t help myself but view the video below in an economic light:

What a wonderfully [...]

October 19th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Fun, Rationality/Logic/Thinking | Leave a comment