The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Learning to Love Volatility
In a world that constantly throws big, unexpected events our way, we must learn to benefit from disorder, writes Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324735104578120953311383448.html
This is a _really_ interesting article, I strongly recommend it to my reader(s). …
Tiny muscles pull a big punch
Coated carbon nanotubes form the basis of smart new material
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/346486/title/Tiny_muscles_pull_a_big_punch
Though we are a decade (at least!) away from any practical application, I find this quite interesting. I believe that we are starting …
Early Arrival
Premature puberty among girls poses scientific puzzle
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/346459/title/Early_Arrival
I find this article quite interesting on several levels. The list of possible ‘suspects’ is quite broad (no doubt they all have some contribution, very little is black or white …
A friend of mine sent me an email asking to leverage my MBA education to learn about government manipulation of interest rates. I decided to go ahead and respond to him through a blog post since I figured it might …
Hostess Brands closing for good
http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/16/news/companies/hostess-closing/index.html?hpt=hp_t4
Unions are not automatically bad, just like private equity is not automatically bad. However, just like private equity (something that should be very familiar to anyone who didn’t sleep the last two years; Romney …
How Republicans persuaded women to re-elect President Obama
For the activists of Emily’s List, working to improve women’s political representation, Republicans like Todd Akin were a gift
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/15/republicans-persuaded-women-reelect-obama
Yes of course my headline is a bit of hyperbole, but I …
Stone me! Spears show early human species was sharper than we thought
Evidence of hunting with spears 500,000 years ago suggests common ancestor of humans and Neanderthals was ‘very bright’
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/nov/15/stone-spear-early-human-species
People way too often equate ‘things’ with intelligence. How …
Phony school “reform” agenda takes a beating
The media barely noticed, but voters in three states rejected the profit-driven fraud that is education “reform”
http://www.salon.com/2012/11/13/phony_school_reform_agenda_takes_a_beating/
I have decried our education system several times, particularly with respect to the ‘educational …
FBI’s abuse of the surveillance state is the real scandal needing investigation
That the stars of America’s national security establishment are being devoured by out-of-control surveillance is a form of sweet justice
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/13/petraeus-surveillance-state-fbi
As Glenn put it: “…there is some …
High-Fiber Pepsi: The Choice of a New, Weird Generation
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/11/high-fiber-pepsi-the-choice-of-a-new-weird-generation/265094/
I know, lets take something that is good for you in one scenario, use it in a different scenario and ‘borrow’ the health benefits from first to get credulous customers …