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Collective Intelligence v. Collective Stupidity

awesomosity wrote 1 day ago: In late September of this year, I was spurred to undertake a sort of study by a class I am taking at … more →

Tags: media, Politics, I am aware of all internet traditions, Balloon Juice, Chris Cillizza, Collective Intelligence, collective stupidity, crowd sourcing, Dan Froomkin

What EPL is Reading Today

evanstonpubliclibrary wrote 3 days ago: Sherman Alexie Speaks His Mind Mother Jones interviews Sherman Alexie about Obama, Kindles, the bann … more →

Tags: Cormac Mccarthy, The Road, RIchard Dawkins, The God Delusion, Steven D. Levitt, freakonomics, amy goodman, The Wizard of Oz, The Onion

SuperFreakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner

nexmillen wrote 2 weeks ago: The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Freakonomics was released on October 20, 2009. Ste … more →

Tags: Books, Blog, green collar rap, Stephen Dubner, Steven Levitt

Sleek freaks and links to critiques

Verdurous wrote 2 weeks ago: flickr user: Rusty Sheriff I’ve been watching the Superfreakonomics saga unfold with interest. … more →

Tags: climate change, Climate change/Global Warming, Economics, Global Warming, Print Media, The Environment, dubner, freakonomics, Levitt

Superfreakonomics and the Parable of the Horse Manure -- (There is So Much I Don't Know)1 comment

Randy Mayeux wrote 2 weeks ago: One of my great embarrassments is that there is so much that I do not know.  There’s much that I don … more →

Tags: Randy's blog entries, Elizabeth Kolbert, freakonomics, Global Warming, Horse-drawn Streetcar, horse manure problem, Stephen Dubner, Steven Levitt

Book Review: Superfreakonomics

K. M. wrote 2 weeks ago: I had some spare time at an airport, and happened to pick up Superfreakonomics by Steven Levitt and … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Altruism, behaviorism, dubner, Levitt, List, Prostitution, sex

Superfreaks and Charlie Rose2 comments

thingsbreak wrote 3 weeks ago: [Via Hank Robers in comments] I’m making my way through this: A few first thoughts: Dubner: … more →

Tags: Climate change, media failure, sustainability, Charlie Rose, Geo-engineering, Stephen Dubner, Steven Levitt

“SuperFreakonomics” and climate change : The New Yorker

michaeljanz wrote 3 weeks ago:       via “SuperFreakonomics” and climate change : The New Yorker: But what’s most tr … more →

Tags: climate change, lies, spin, Fail

SuperFreakonomics and Climate Change

Ann Carlson wrote 3 weeks ago: If you haven’t been following the controversy that has erupted with the publication of SuperFr … more →

Tags: Andrew Leonard, climate change, Elizabeth Kolbert, geoengineering, Real Climate

How do you improve conditions for women? 5 comments

nraman wrote 3 weeks ago: A friend from the US (and a loyal reader of this blog!) began reading SuperFreakonomics the other da … more →

Tags: HumanRights, Policies, poverty, Women, freakonomics, India

The Freakonomics guys are back at it -- with Superfreakonomics

Randy Mayeux wrote 3 weeks ago: The Freakonomics guys are back at it. In their first book, Freakonomics:  A Rogue Economist Explores … more →

Tags: Randy's blog entries, freakonomics, Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner

Betsy Kolbert spanks the Superfreaks7 comments

thingsbreak wrote 3 weeks ago: The Part Two of my criticism of the Superfreakonomics authors and geo-engineering is languishing in … more →

Tags: Climate change, Climate Change Denial, sustainability, Elizabeth Kolbert, Geo-engineering, New Yorker, Stephen Dubner, Steven Levitt

Climate change Bytes and Blogs VII6 comments

greenfyre wrote 3 weeks ago: BPSDB A Climate for Change Brigham Young University Pwns Deniers 18 leading scientific organizations … more →

Tags: climate change, Climate Science, Denier Culture, Chamber of Commerce, "David Bellamy", Deniers, Exposing Deniers, George Will, Global Warming

Competition:Win a copy of SuperFreakonomics!13 comments

abhamalpani wrote 3 weeks ago: If you haven’t read, or at least heard of Freakonomics — shame on you. In a nutshell, as … more →

Tags: Books, News, book, Competition, freakonomics, Win

SuperReading SuperFreakonomics

goldmanalpha wrote 4 weeks ago: I’m reading SuperFreakonomics.  It recommends drunk driving over drunk walking, tells that TV … more →

Tags: book, freakonomics, Reading, Witch, witch hunt

Freakonomics and Global Warming

W. Jerome wrote 4 weeks ago: In the sequel to Freakonomics, titled Superfreakonomics, the authors have a chapter on global warmin … more →

Tags: Environment, regulation, Ezra Klein, Global Warming, freakonomics

Pwn-Fest continues despite Superfreaks PR spin attempts32 comments

greenfyre wrote 1 month ago: BPSDB Why the on-going fascination with the error filled climate change chapter in Superfreakonomics … more →

Tags: climate change, Denier Culture, Deniers, Exposing Deniers, Global Warming

Gifted Book of the Week: Superfreakonomics

cody3k wrote 1 month ago: If you have read the book Freakonomics, you know exactly why you need to read this book.. If you hav … more →

Tags: Gifted Book of the Week, Book of the Week, freakonomics

Superfreakonomics gets duly smacked down

Erik Cooke wrote 1 month ago: A lesson to all of those stylized pop-interpreters of academia: be prepared for some heat if you mak … more →

Tags: Political Science, Politics, Academia, climate change, Debate, Opinion, pierrehumbert


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