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Less politics, more markets
Another piece that should be posted in every Federal department office and Parliament House. Tyler Cowan argues that politicisation, not the markets per se, is the root cause of the current financial… more →
here at the raggedy edge
less politics, more markets
wrote 3 months ago: Another piece that should be posted in every Federal department office and Parliament House. Tyler … more →
My First Re-Post of Ross Mayfield on Magic Numbers
wrote 4 months ago: Thursday, February 13, 2003 I am posting this to be sure that I can still find Ross’s work lat … more →
Day 3 (the final) from PODC
wrote 4 months ago: Last Installment from Amitabh – Ed I should sell this pic to the Canadan government, or to the … more →
Applying Earthquake Physics to Conflict Analysis
wrote 5 months ago: I’ve long found the analogies between earthquakes and conflicts intriguing. We often talk of geopoli … more →
criticality and nuclear proliferation
wrote 5 months ago: MIT’s Technology Review reports a prediction by Didier Sornette and colleagues (Bastiaensen, C … more →
Highly Optimised Tolerance - From 707 to 777
wrote 5 months ago: So what’s HOT? Highly Optimised Tolerance (HOT) is a recent theory developed as part of the study of … more →
The Mathematics of War: Before the TED Talk
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wrote 6 months ago: My new colleague Sean Gourely recently presented his research on “The Mathematics of War … more →
Who's the most important person in this video?
wrote 6 months ago: I’ve been meaning to flag this neat little video since I came across it over at Never get out of the … more →
Power Curves
wrote 7 months ago: The McKinsey Quarterly is trying to start a conversation about the application of power laws to man- … more →
Power Laws in Cities, Ant Colonies, and Blogs
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wrote 7 months ago: There is a neat short blog article in NYT about the mathematics of cities. Of course, most people li … more →
the mathematics of war
wrote 7 months ago: Sean Gourley and colleagues developed and analysed a large data set of attacks and casualties across … more →
Pareto principle the 80-20 rule
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wrote 8 months ago: “Pareto noticed that 80% of Italy’s wealth was owned by 20% of the population. He then c … more →
Greek Riots, Facebook, Twitter and SMS (Updated)
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wrote 1 year ago: I am particularly interested in riots since part of my doctoral research focuses on the strategic an … more →
The "Tyranny of the Power Law" essay
wrote 1 year ago: Just came across the following blog post/essay which I found very nice to read: Tyranny of the Power … more →
Manfred R. Schroeder
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wrote 1 year ago: Manfred Schroeder studied mathematics and physics at the University of Göttingen in Germany. In his … more →
Viral popularity
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wrote 2 years ago: We often assume that quality dictates popularity. Well not always. For sure, marketing can distort t … more →
Why You MUST go to the Pub
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wrote 6 years ago: People can and do become happy, fulfilled, successful (and so forth), even in spite of themselves. I … more →
