Unhappy Truckers and Other Algorithmic Problems

by | Jul 21, 2013 | Uncategorized

Via Nautilus: modeling the real world, with constraints like melting ice cream and idiosyncratic human behavior, is often where the real challenge lies. As mathematicians, operations research specialists, and corporate executives set out to mathematize and optimize...

Considering the Horror of Zuckerbergian Dystopias

by | Jul 13, 2013 | Uncategorized

Via New York Times: Technologists are often utopianists. No one writer understands this bizarre world view better than Jaron Lanier. In his latest book, “Who Owns The Future?” Lanier critiques our current digital economy with an incredible wealth of insider’s...

21st century risk management

by | Jul 6, 2013 | Uncategorized

Via Business Insider: Many people think about risk management as a defensive strategy, a tool for minimizing exposure to economic crises or public-relations blowouts. But Russell Walker, a clinical associate professor of managerial economics and decision sciences at...

Would A Human Head Transplant Be Ethical?

by | Jul 6, 2013 | Uncategorized

Via Reason and Popular Science: …the technology required for successful human-head transplantation is finally here, and that it could be used to help people with irreparable damage to their bodies and spinal cords. Would A Human Head Transplant Be Ethical? | Popular...