Can paid content compete with the internet?
I’ve been a subscriber of Scientific American (paper, not online) for several years. For various reasons, I decided to stop subscribing to it and look
A note on polling
I just saw a story claiming that TSA agents are developing cancer from working near the body scanner machines and that the TSA is covering it up.
Pavlovian training for running
There is direct evidence that endorphins are released following a period of strenuous exercise. What it takes for endorphins to be released is unclear (and probably varies from person
Hayek and Anarchy
Last month’s Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization has an interesting article titled “Hayekian anarchism”. I’m reposting the abstract below, but here’s the punchline: “Hayek should have
Brains and computers
“The more fundamental issue is that brute-force computation cannot compare with the functioning of a real brain. Human intelligence arises not from logic, but from
