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Why pessimism sounds smart
Why pessimism sounds smart
Optimism requires believing in an unknown, unproven future
·rootsofprogress.org·
Why pessimism sounds smart
High-Security Mechanical Locks - Swift | Silent | Deadly
High-Security Mechanical Locks - Swift | Silent | Deadly
Outside of a very few specialized fields high-security locks are almost totally unknown. Even in the field of locksmithing where high-security locks are known, they are often misunderstood. Today I am going to offer you a primer on the fascinating world of high-security mechanical locks, the security benefits they offer, and what they can’t do ... Read More
·swiftsilentdeadly.com·
High-Security Mechanical Locks - Swift | Silent | Deadly
Inside the Frenzied World of Rare Watches and the Rich People Who Love Them
Inside the Frenzied World of Rare Watches and the Rich People Who Love Them
Paul Newman’s $17 million Rolex was just the beginning. Now, celebrities, style icons, dealers, auctioneers, and regular Joes do battle for vintage Patek Philippes, Audemars Piguets, and Richard Milles.
·vanityfair.com·
Inside the Frenzied World of Rare Watches and the Rich People Who Love Them
Thinner on paper
Thinner on paper
On a piece of advice.
·thelampmagazine.com·
Thinner on paper
The Age of the Birth Certificate - JSTOR Daily
The Age of the Birth Certificate - JSTOR Daily
When states began restricting labor by children, verifying a person's age became an important means of enforcement.
·daily.jstor.org·
The Age of the Birth Certificate - JSTOR Daily
Why the West Hates Russia
Why the West Hates Russia
Anti-Russian obsession had already reached fever pitch well before Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine.
·thenorthernstar.online·
Why the West Hates Russia
What Artists Notice
What Artists Notice
Painters Painters at work notice details we’d ignore. From those details they develop delightful insights into reality. What do I mean? Let’s take a gander at Van Eyck’s “Arnolfini Portrait” to fi...
·stopa.io·
What Artists Notice
The whole picture: selfies before ‘selfie’ - Science Museum Group
The whole picture: selfies before ‘selfie’ - Science Museum Group
Assistant Curator Katie McNab explores the many selfies in the Science Museum Group Collection which predate the very term ‘selfie’, and how the act of taking a ‘selfie’ is an important part of self-expression and is ultimately a social activity.
·sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk·
The whole picture: selfies before ‘selfie’ - Science Museum Group
Hypergame Theory: A Model for Conflict, Misperception, and Deception
Hypergame Theory: A Model for Conflict, Misperception, and Deception
When dealing with conflicts, game theory and decision theory can be used to model the interactions of the decision-makers. To date, game theory and decision theory have received considerable modeling focus, while hypergame theory has not. A metagame, known as a hypergame, occurs when one player does not know or fully understand all the strategies of a game. Hypergame theory extends the advantages of game theory by allowing a player to outmaneuver an opponent and obtaining a more preferred outcome with a higher utility. The ability to outmaneuver an opponent occurs in the hypergame because the different views (perception or deception) of opponents are captured in the model, through the incorporation of information unknown to other players (misperception or intentional deception). The hypergame model more accurately provides solutions for complex theoretic modeling of conflicts than those modeled by game theory and excels where perception or information differences exist between players. This paper explores the current research in hypergame theory and presents a broad overview of the historical literature on hypergame theory.
·hindawi.com·
Hypergame Theory: A Model for Conflict, Misperception, and Deception
The Unravelling of an Expert on Serial Killers
The Unravelling of an Expert on Serial Killers
Stéphane Bourgoin became famous through his jailhouse interviews with murderers. Then an anonymous collective of true-crime fans began investigating his own story.
·newyorker.com·
The Unravelling of an Expert on Serial Killers
Einstein Versus the Physical Review
Einstein Versus the Physical Review
A great scientist can benefit from peer review, even while refusing to have anything to do with it.
·physicstoday.scitation.org·
Einstein Versus the Physical Review
Grant givers need better track records
Grant givers need better track records
There’s recently been a blizzard of capital gracing the world of philanthropy and experimental research funding. And with this glut of capital flowing into the space is the increasing professionalisation and the need for talent. Whether that’s EA in general or the myriad foundations sprouting out in particular, there’s a demand for talent to staff these organisations and to run them well.
·strangeloopcanon.com·
Grant givers need better track records
The psychology behind Netflix thumbnails
The psychology behind Netflix thumbnails
If you were forwarded this email, you can subscribe here:***A Netflix user will browse the app for 90 seconds and leave if they find nothing. Thumbnail artwork is actually NFLX's mos
·trungtphan.com·
The psychology behind Netflix thumbnails
A review of Tetlock’s ‘Superforecasting’ (2015)
A review of Tetlock’s ‘Superforecasting’ (2015)
Spectator Review, October 2015 Forecasts have been fundamental to mankind’s journey from a small tribe on the African savannah to a species that can sling objects across the solar system with extre…
·dominiccummings.com·
A review of Tetlock’s ‘Superforecasting’ (2015)
The human genome is, at long last, complete - News
The human genome is, at long last, complete - News
When scientists declared the Human Genome Project complete two decades ago, their announcement was a tad premature. A milestone achievement had certainly been reached, with researchers around the world gaining access to the DNA sequence of most protein-coding genes in the human genome. But even after 20 years of upgrades, eight percent of our genome […]
·rockefeller.edu·
The human genome is, at long last, complete - News
How the Snowflakes Won
How the Snowflakes Won
The soft, sad freaks on an unprofitable website claimed victory in the battle for the internet’s soul and defined the worldview of a generation.
·theatlantic.com·
How the Snowflakes Won
No News Is Good News
No News Is Good News
https://ift.tt/3RFSnlx
·thomasjbevan.substack.com·
No News Is Good News
No News Is Good News
No News Is Good News
Commonplace Newsletter #78
The child thinks it makes them appear grown up, but in truth it sets them down a dark path. Because like regular heavy drinking, News consumption like this can be addictive. It can be a prop that morphs into a nasty, life draining habit.
Indeed, as Alain de Botton has noted in his book News: A Users Guide the news itself has to a certain extent taken the place of religion as “our central source of guidance and touchstone on authority.”
·thomasjbevan.substack.com·
No News Is Good News