I began by exposing the myth that imprecision, slowness, and noisiness are liabilities of brain function, “bugs” in computers. That is from Read Montague’s new and notable Why Choose This Book?: How We Make Decisions, an in-depth look at neuroscience and the brain. Why Choose This Book?
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Incidentally, it’s always seemed a bit curious to me that given what the Americans say they owe to the Separatists and the Pilgrim Fathers, and indeed it could be proved that they owe a great deal, the English are so often the villains and while we have people in America happy to be Afro-Americans and …
Zen Again
I happened to see Al Gore being interviewed (very briefly) and he mentioned Zen. So, I thought it was time to put my thoughts on Zen up one more time. All You Need to Know About Zen. Zen Again
Google File Search
Web pages are useful, but if you’ve ever wanted to find a specific file on the web, you noticed it’s not very easy. Fortunately, search engines like Google could be used for this tricky task. Sometimes people create a web site, put some files in a directory, but forget to add an index file. So …
Creative Destruction?
I met a friend recently that I hadn’t seen since high school. I told her I was an economist. “Oh,” she said in the nicest possible way, “I’m surprised, you were so creative in high school." Sigh. Creative Destruction?
What’s actually annoying about bad customer service?
Jane Galt posts her thoughts on Sony Vaio customer service. I bought a Sony Vaio a few months ago, at the recommendation of a friend. Fortunately [it now seems] it arrived at the Best Buy with a broken drive and I never had the chance to lay my hands on it. It was only last …
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One Book By, and One Book About, B.S. Johnson
Designers unknown Off to the bookstore ASAP to find a copy of Like a Fiery Elephant; I have to know what’s happening on the spine and the back. I’m pretty sure this edition of Christie Malry’s Own Double-Entry is out of print, so if anyone knows anything about this, please leave a comment. Both of …
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Girls’ Love Stories #99
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