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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Print versus digital: Which is better?This looks like a topic that will keep pundits employed for quite a while. Via Education Advisory Board, report concluded digital may be fine for short, to the point material, but print was better for longer, more complex...
Calling and intuitionVia Business Insider, intuition can be a help in making decisions quickly. How can you develop your intuition? One way to do it is to have a strong sense of calling. Let's talk about calling first.In Conversations About Calling (hardcover,...
Let’s Shake Up the Social Sciences
Via New York Times: …the social sciences have stagnated. They offer essentially the same set of academic departments and disciplines that they have for nearly 100 years: sociology, economics, anthropology, psychology and political science. This is not only boring but...
‘Man Of Steel’ Sequel Will Feature Batman And Superman
Via Deadline: The Superman logo was just superimposed with the Batman logo on the screen at the close of the much anticipated Warner Bros-Legendary Pictures panel inside the San Diego Convention Center at Comic-Con. This momentous DC Entertainment development from...
‘Man Of Steel’ Sequel Will Feature Batman And Superman
Via Deadline: The Superman logo was just superimposed with the Batman logo on the screen at the close of the much anticipated Warner Bros-Legendary Pictures panel inside the San Diego Convention Center at Comic-Con. This momentous DC Entertainment development from...
Automation Anxiety
Via Wilson Quarterly: …technological advances have not reduced overall employment, though they have certainly cost many people their jobs. But now, with the advent of machines that are infinitely more intelligent and powerful than most people could have imagined a...
Automation Anxiety
Via Wilson Quarterly: …technological advances have not reduced overall employment, though they have certainly cost many people their jobs. But now, with the advent of machines that are infinitely more intelligent and powerful than most people could have imagined a...
Unhappy Truckers and Other Algorithmic Problems
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...