Thursday, December 28, 2017
Collision with Reality: What Depth Psychology Can Tell us About Victimhood Culture by Lisa Marchiano
Collision with Reality: What Depth Psychology Can Tell us About Victimhood Culture by Lisa Marchiano
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
The empty brain by Robert Epstein
The empty brain by Robert Epstein
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Friday, December 22, 2017
Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization by Peter Turchin, et al
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Is the (intraracial) word gap narrowing? from The Audacious Epigone
Is the (intraracial) word gap narrowing? from The Audacious Epigone
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
The case for eating steak and cream from The Economist
The case for eating steak and cream from The Economist
Inside China's Vast New Experiment In Social Ranking by Mara Hvistendahl
Inside China's Vast New Experiment In Social Ranking by Mara Hvistendahl
Labels:
China,
Digital,
Measurement,
Orwell,
Privacy,
Technology
Monday, December 18, 2017
Inequality in nature and society by Marten Scheffera, Bas van Bavelb, Ingrid A. van de Leemputa, and Egbert H. van Nes
Inequality in nature and society by Marten Scheffera, Bas van Bavelb, Ingrid A. van de Leemputa, and Egbert H. van Nes
The Age of Outrage by Jonathan Haidt
The Age of Outrage by Jonathan Haidt
Friday, December 15, 2017
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Sunday, December 10, 2017
Reinterpreting the Crusades from The Economist
Reinterpreting the Crusades from The Economist
Black Like Them by Malcolm Gladwell
Black Like Them by Malcolm Gladwell
Labels:
Carribbean,
Culture,
Definitions,
Immigration,
Jamaica,
Race
Survival of the Richest by Evan Osnos
Survival of the Richest by Evan Osnos
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Life Paths and Accomplishments of Mathematically Precocious Males and Females Four Decades Later by David Lubinski, Camilla P. Benbow, and Harrison J. Kell
Life Paths and Accomplishments of Mathematically Precocious Males and Females Four Decades Later by David Lubinski, Camilla P. Benbow, and Harrison J. Kell
Strange Clay Makes Tall Buildings Rise and Heavy Buildings Sink by Thomas Rye Simonsen
Strange Clay Makes Tall Buildings Rise and Heavy Buildings Sink by Thomas Rye Simonsen
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Crisis in the Classics by Michael R. Jackson Bonner
Crisis in the Classics by Michael R. Jackson Bonner
The Words Men and Women Use When They Write About Love by Josh Katz, Claire Cain Miller, and Kathleen A. Flynn
The Words Men and Women Use When They Write About Love by Josh Katz, Claire Cain Miller, and Kathleen A. Flynn
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Who Becomes an Inventor in America? The Importance of Exposure to Innovation by Alex Bell, Raj Chetty, Xavier Jaravel, Neviana Petkova, John Van Reenen
Who Becomes an Inventor in America? The Importance of Exposure to Innovation by Alex Bell, Raj Chetty, Xavier Jaravel, Neviana Petkova, John Van Reenen
The Long-run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900 by Murat Iyigun, Nathan Nunn, and Nancy Qian
The Long-run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900 by Murat Iyigun, Nathan Nunn, and Nancy Qian
Labels:
Agriculture,
Conflict,
Europe,
Potato,
Productivity,
War
Monday, December 4, 2017
Sunday, December 3, 2017
Epigraphs: Famous First Words by Herbert Mitgang
Epigraphs: Famous First Words by Herbert Mitgang
The Bard of the Barroom by Michael Kernan
The Bard of the Barroom by Michael Kernan
Diary by Paul Barker, London Review of Books, 19 May 1988
Diary by Paul Barker, London Review of Books, 19 May 1988.
Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
A Last Fantasy in Florence by David Plante
A Last Fantasy in Florence by David Plante
Twilight of the Goddess by Claudia Roth Pierpont
Twilight of the Goddess by Claudia Roth Pierpont
Saturday, December 2, 2017
N.C. by Andrew Wyeth
N.C. by Andrew Wyeth N.C. by Andrew Wyeth
Getting a Glimpse of History from a Grandstand Seat by Robert Wernick
Getting a Glimpse of History from a Grandstand Seat by Robert Wernick
Friday, December 1, 2017
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Education is Related to Greater Ideological Prejudice by P J Henry and Jaime L Napier
Education is Related to Greater Ideological Prejudice by P J Henry and Jaime L Napier
Monday, November 27, 2017
The Persistence and Peril of Misinformation by Brian G. Southwell, Emily A. Thorson, and Laura Sheble
The Persistence and Peril of Misinformation by Brian G. Southwell, Emily A. Thorson, and Laura Sheble
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Predicting Personality from Book Preferences with User-Generated Content Labels by Ng Annalyn, Maarten W. Bos, Leonid Sigal, and Boyang Li
Predicting Personality from Book Preferences with User-Generated Content Labels by Ng Annalyn, Maarten W. Bos, Leonid Sigal, and Boyang Li
The Effect of Peer Gender on Major Choice by Ulf Zölitz and Jan Feld
The Effect of Peer Gender on Major Choice by Ulf Zölitz and Jan Feld
A living artifact from the Dutch Golden Age: Yale’s 367-year-old water bond still pays interest by Mike Cummings
A living artifact from the Dutch Golden Age: Yale’s 367-year-old water bond still pays interest by Mike Cummings
Friday, November 24, 2017
Socioeconomic status and genetic influences on cognitive development by David N. Figlioa, Jeremy Freeseb, Krzysztof Karbownikc, and Jeffrey Roth
Socioeconomic status and genetic influences on cognitive development by David N. Figlioa, Jeremy Freeseb, Krzysztof Karbownikc, and Jeffrey Roth
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Monday, November 20, 2017
The Mountain of Names by Alex Shoumatoff
The Mountain of Names by Alex Shoumatoff
Thursday, November 16, 2017
How Are Preferences Revealed? by John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian
How Are Preferences Revealed? by John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Monday, November 13, 2017
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Monday, November 6, 2017
Sunday, November 5, 2017
The Deficit Millionaires by Julian Barnes
The Deficit Millionaires by Julian Barnes
The Case for Human Beings by Thomas Palmer
The Case for Human Beings by Thomas Palmer
Progress in evolution? by Niles Eldredge
Progress in evolution? by Niles Eldredge
Does Homer Have Legs by David Denby
Does Homer Have Legs by David Denby
The Revenge of the Green Dragons by Fredric Dannen
The Revenge of the Green Dragons by Fredric Dannen
The Triumph of Capitalism by Robert Heilbroner
The Triumph of Capitalism by Robert Heilbroner
Keeping the old piles standing by Sarah Staniforth and Bob Hayes
Keeping the old piles standing by Sarah Staniforth and Bob Hayes
The melting pot bubbles less from The Economist
The Flash of Genius by John Seabrook
The Flash of Genius by John Seabrook
The world's biggest grave robbery: Asia’s disappearing WWII shipwrecks Oliver Holmes, Monica Ulmanu and Simon Roberts
The world's biggest grave robbery: Asia’s disappearing WWII shipwrecks Oliver Holmes, Monica Ulmanu and Simon Roberts
Our Culture, What’s Left Of It, interview of Theodore Dalrymple by Jamie Glazov
Our Culture, What’s Left Of It, interview of Theodore Dalrymple by Jamie Glazov
Saturday, November 4, 2017
The Ancient History of System/360 by James E. Strothman
The Ancient History of System/360 by James E. Strothman
The Great Reaper War by Joseph Gies
The Turn by William Langewiesche
The Turn by William Langewiesche
Friday, November 3, 2017
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
The prevalence of discrimination across racial groups in contemporary America: Results from a nationally representative sample of adults by Brian B. Boutwell, et al
The prevalence of discrimination across racial groups in contemporary America: Results from a nationally representative sample of adults by Brian B. Boutwell, et al
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Monday, October 30, 2017
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Why are children in the same family so different from one another? by Robert Plomin and Denise Daniels
Why are children in the same family so different from one another? by Robert Plomin and Denise Daniels
Friday, October 27, 2017
How natural is numeracy? by Philip Ball
How natural is numeracy? by Philip Ball
The Mesh of Civilizations in the Global Network of Digital Communication by Bogdan State, Patrick Park, Ingmar Weber, and Michael Macy
The Mesh of Civilizations in the Global Network of Digital Communication by Bogdan State, Patrick Park, Ingmar Weber, and Michael Macy
Partisanship, Propaganda, and Disinformation: Online Media and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election from Berkman Klein Center Research Publication 2017-6
Partisanship, Propaganda, and Disinformation: Online Media and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election from Berkman Klein Center Research Publication 2017-6
Genomic Analyses of Pre-European Conquest Human Remains from the Canary Islands Reveal Close Affinity to Modern North Africans by Ricardo RodrĂguez-Varela, et al
Genomic Analyses of Pre-European Conquest Human Remains from the Canary Islands Reveal Close Affinity to Modern North Africans by Ricardo RodrĂguez-Varela, et al
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Social Capital and Labor Market Networks by Brian J. Asquith, Judith K. Hellerstein, Mark J. Kutzbach, David Neumark
Social Capital and Labor Market Networks by Brian J. Asquith, Judith K. Hellerstein, Mark J. Kutzbach, David Neumark
Could Newark Have Achieved More? by Neerav Kingsland
Could Newark Have Achieved More? by Neerav Kingsland
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Monday, October 16, 2017
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Are We All Unconscious Racists? by Heather Mac Donald
Are We All Unconscious Racists? by Heather Mac Donald
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Digital Goods Are Valued Less Than Physical Goods by Ozgun Atasoy and Carey K Morewedge
Digital Goods Are Valued Less Than Physical Goods by Ozgun Atasoy and Carey K Morewedge
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
The Real Housewives of the U.S.S.R. by EdgeoftheSandbox
The Real Housewives of the U.S.S.R. by EdgeoftheSandbox
Labels:
Biographical,
Failure,
History,
MSM,
New York Times,
Reality,
Sex,
Soviet Union
Monday, October 9, 2017
All news is local by Salena Zito
All news is local by Salena Zito
Sunday, October 8, 2017
Saturday, October 7, 2017
The Misleading Metaphor of Decline by Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
The Misleading Metaphor of Decline by Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
Voyage of Discovery by Charles Tanford and Jacqueline Reynolds, New Scientist 19/26 December 1992
Voyage of Discovery by Charles Tanford and Jacqueline Reynolds, New Scientist 19/26 December 1992
N.C. by Andrew Wyeth
N.C. by Andrew Wyeth
Friday, October 6, 2017
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
The ‘myth’ of language history: languages do not share a single history but different components evolve along different trajectories and at different rates from The Max Planck Institute
The ‘myth’ of language history: languages do not share a single history but different components evolve along different trajectories and at different rates from The Max Planck Institute
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Monday, October 2, 2017
Thursday, September 28, 2017
The Blockchain Economy: A beginner’s guide to institutional cryptoeconomics by Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
The Blockchain Economy: A beginner’s guide to institutional cryptoeconomics by Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Perhaps teens are too cynical to benefit from mindfulness, say authors of latest negative school trial by Christian Jarrett
Perhaps teens are too cynical to benefit from mindfulness, say authors of latest negative school trial by Christian Jarrett
Labels:
Education,
Fads,
Failure,
Measurement,
Mindfulness
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
The Minimal Persuasive Effects of Campaign Contact in General Elections: Evidence from 49 Field Experiments by Joshua Kalla and David E. Broockman
The Minimal Persuasive Effects of Campaign Contact in General Elections: Evidence from 49 Field Experiments by Joshua Kalla and David E. Broockman
Hard Data, Hollow Protests: FBI crime figures paint a very different picture of crime and policing than this weekend’s demonstrations suggest. by Heather Mac Donald
Hard Data, Hollow Protests: FBI crime figures paint a very different picture of crime and policing than this weekend’s demonstrations suggest. by Heather Mac Donald
Monday, September 25, 2017
Saturday, September 23, 2017
Friday, September 22, 2017
The Great Sham by Christopher Howse
The Great Sham by Christopher Howse
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Monday, September 18, 2017
Science Denial Across the Political Divide: Liberals and Conservatives Are Similarly Motivated to Deny Attitude-Inconsistent Science by Anthony N. Washburn and Linda J. Skitka
Science Denial Across the Political Divide: Liberals and Conservatives Are Similarly Motivated to Deny Attitude-Inconsistent Science by Anthony N. Washburn and Linda J. Skitka
Saturday, September 16, 2017
The Atlas of Economic Complexity Index from Harvard University
The Atlas of Economic Complexity Index from Harvard University
Friday, September 15, 2017
The Alluring Falsehood of Socialism by Max Forrester Eastman
The Alluring Falsehood of Socialism by Max Forrester Eastman
Thursday, September 14, 2017
History of zero pushed back 500 years by ancient Indian text by Timothy Revell
History of zero pushed back 500 years by ancient Indian text by Timothy Revell
America's Top Fears 2016 from Chapman University
America's Top Fears 2016 from Chapman University
Only 3% of Companies’ Data Meets Basic Quality Standards by Tadhg Nagle, Thomas C. Redman, and David Sammon
Only 3% of Companies’ Data Meets Basic Quality Standards by Tadhg Nagle, Thomas C. Redman, and David Sammon
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Stalingrad: Letters from the Dead by Timothy W. Ryback
Stalingrad: Letters from the Dead by Timothy W. Ryback
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Monday, September 11, 2017
These Charts Show The Political Bias Of Workers In Each Profession by Andy Kiersz and Hunter Walker
These Charts Show The Political Bias Of Workers In Each Profession by Andy Kiersz and Hunter Walker
Noise by Fischer Black
Noise by Fischer Black
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Saturday, September 9, 2017
Friday, September 8, 2017
My Genome, My Self by Steven Pinker
My Genome, My Self by Steven Pinker
The readability of scientific texts is decreasing over time by Pontus Plavén-Sigray et al
The readability of scientific texts is decreasing over time by Pontus Plavén-Sigray et al
The mystery of the lost Roman herb by Zaria Gorvett
The mystery of the lost Roman herb by Zaria Gorvett
Thursday, September 7, 2017
What's the difference between apps we cherish vs. regret? from Time Well Spent
What's the difference between apps we cherish vs. regret? from Time Well Spent
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
The Google Memo: The Economist On Nothing by Patrick Lee Miller
The Google Memo: The Economist On Nothing by Patrick Lee Miller
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Monday, September 4, 2017
Crisis in the hot zone by Richard Preston
Crisis in the hot zone by Richard Preston
The Risks of Risk Studies by Ellen Ruppel Shell
The Risks of Risk Studies by Ellen Ruppel Shell
Dive! Dive! Dive! by William Scanlan Murphy
Dive! Dive! Dive! by William Scanlan Murphy
The Wreck of the Auguste by James Buchan
The Wreck of the Auguste by James Buchan
Success Story: Blacks in the Army by Charles C. Moskos
Success Story: Blacks in the Army by Charles C. Moskos
Ships that scaled the seven seas by William Scanlan Murphy
Ships that scaled the seven seas by William Scanlan Murphy
The longbow's deadly secrets by Gareth Rees
The longbow's deadly secrets by Gareth Rees
The Crash Detective by Jonathan Harr
The Crash Detective by Jonathan Harr
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Saturday, September 2, 2017
Predicting Personality from Book Preferences with User-Generated Content Labels by Ng Annalyn, Maarten W. Bos, Leonid Sigal, and Boyang Li
Predicting Personality from Book Preferences with User-Generated Content Labels by Ng Annalyn, Maarten W. Bos, Leonid Sigal, and Boyang Li
Friday, September 1, 2017
The Sucker, the Sucker! by Amia Srinivasan
The Sucker, the Sucker! by Amia Srinivasan
Thursday, August 31, 2017
The intergenerational transmission of divorce in cross-national perspective: Results from the Fertility and Family Surveys by Jaap Dronkers and Juho Härkönen
The intergenerational transmission of divorce in cross-national perspective: Results from the Fertility and Family Surveys by Jaap Dronkers and Juho Härkönen
Armed robbers hold up Woodlawn bar — where cops were celebrating a colleague's retirement by Jessica Anderson
Armed robbers hold up Woodlawn bar — where cops were celebrating a colleague's retirement by Jessica Anderson
About a Dog by James Lileks
About a Dog by James Lileks
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
10 Famous Book Hoarders by Emily Temple
10 Famous Book Hoarders by Emily Temple
AI 'Bias' Doesn't Mean What Journalists Say It Means by Chris Stucchio and Lisa Mahapatra
AI 'Bias' Doesn't Mean What Journalists Say It Means by Chris Stucchio and Lisa Mahapatra
Modern Liberalism’s False Obsession With Civil War Monuments by Jason L. Riley
Modern Liberalism’s False Obsession With Civil War Monuments by Jason L. Riley
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Monday, August 28, 2017
Where India Goes by Alex Tabarrok
Where India Goes by Alex Tabarrok
Demolishing Myths About Communism by Allan C. Brownfield
Demolishing Myths About Communism by Allan C. Brownfield
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Key findings about U.S. immigrants by Gustavo Lopez and Kristen Bialik
Key findings about U.S. immigrants by Gustavo Lopez and Kristen Bialik
The Geography of Happiness: Connecting Twitter Sentiment and Expression, Demographics, and Objective Characteristics of Place by Lewis Mitchell, et al
Personal History An Ideal State by Caroline Alexander
Personal History An Ideal State by Caroline Alexander
A Cricketer Under the Japs by E.W. Swanton
A Cricketer Under the Japs by E.W. Swanton
The Suburban Century Begins by William Schneider
The Suburban Century Begins by William Schneider
The Cancer at Slater School by Paul Brodeur
The Cancer at Slater School by Paul Brodeur
How the wild beasts were tamed by Juliet Clutton-Brock
How the wild beasts were tamed by Juliet Clutton-Brock
The New Generation Gap by Neil Howe and William Strauss
The New Generation Gap by Neil Howe and William Strauss
Blacks vs. Browns by Jack Miles
Blacks vs. Browns by Jack Miles
Watching Americans Watch TV by Erik Larson
Watching Americans Watch TV by Erik Larson
Race by Thomas Byrne Edsall and Mary D. Edsall
Race by Thomas Byrne Edsall and Mary D. Edsall
Geology of Cameroon's gas catastrophe by Deborah MacKenzie
Geology of Cameroon's gas catastrophe by Deborah MacKenzie
Science before the age of reason by Michael Rowan-Robinson
Science before the age of reason by Michael Rowan-Robinson
A bumpy start to science education by Derek Hodson and Bob Prophet
A bumpy start to science education by Derek Hodson and Bob Prophet
On the origins of a learned society by Sam Berry, Bill Chaloner and Jack Hawkes
On the origins of a learned society by Sam Berry, Bill Chaloner and Jack Hawkes
Women and The Bible by Cullen Murphy
Women and The Bible by Cullen Murphy
Can We be Good Without God by Glenn Tinder
Can We be Good Without God by Glenn Tinder
Dilemma of the jet set by Martin Wells
Dilemma of the jet set by Martin Wells
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Friday, August 25, 2017
The Greatest Diarist by Daniel Aaron
The Greatest Diarist by Daniel Aaron
What the Vikings left behind by Terence O'Connor
What the Vikings left behind by Terence O'Connor
The Phoenician Fable by Patricia M. Bikai and Pierre M. Bikai
The Phoenician Fable by Patricia M. Bikai and Pierre M. Bikai
The Fire And Fury Of Presidents by Victor Davis Hanson
The Fire And Fury Of Presidents by Victor Davis Hanson
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago by Jeremy Ashkenas, Haeyoun Park, and Adam Pearce
Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago by Jeremy Ashkenas, Haeyoun Park, and Adam Pearce
The battle of Angkor Wat by Russell Ciochon and Jamie James
The battle of Angkor Wat by Russell Ciochon and Jamie James
Playing the White Man by William Dalrymple
Playing the White Man by William Dalrymple
Labels:
Anglo-Indian,
Colonies,
Empire,
History,
India,
Retirement
Teheran Summer by Robin Wright
Teheran Summer by Robin Wright
The oldest ice in the world by Rolf Haugaard Nielsen
The oldest ice in the world by Rolf Haugaard Nielsen
God and the Arctic survivors by Herbert Blankensteijn and Louwrens Hacqubord
God and the Arctic survivors by Herbert Blankensteijn and Louwrens Hacqubord
Black Marx by Edward Theberton
Black Marx by Edward Theberton
Uganda, Mon Amour by Denis Hills
Uganda, Mon Amour by Denis Hills
Europe's Third World by Robert D. Kaplan
Europe's Third World by Robert D. Kaplan
Lead poisoning in the sugar plantations from the New Scientist
Lead poisoning in the sugar plantations from the New Scientist
Swedish Mentality by Ake Daun
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Fishing boats dodge mustard gas in the Baltic by Judith Perera and Andy Thomas
Fishing boats dodge mustard gas in the Baltic by Judith Perera and Andy Thomas
The re-greening of Vietnam by Elizabeth Kemf New Scientist
The re-greening of Vietnam by Elizabeth Kemf New Scientist
Asian Journal by James Fallows
Asian Journal by James Fallows
A Nation of Contradictions by Stan Sesser
A Nation of Contradictions by Stan Sesser
The Hard Life by James Fallows
The Hard Life by James Fallows
Nationalism, Not Racism by James Fallows
Nationalism, Not Racism by James Fallows
Out of the desert by Milton Viorst
Out of the desert by Milton Viorst
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Monday, August 21, 2017
Conference Paper, Karl Popper’s Falsifiability: The Foreign Emoluments Clause—A Debate Between Constitutional Eloi and Constitutional Morlocks. by Seth Barrett Tillman
Sunday, August 20, 2017
How We Became What We Are by Winifred Gallagher
How We Became What We Are by Winifred Gallagher
Labels:
Behavior,
DNA,
Evolution,
Genes,
Heritability,
Personality
The Sex-Bias Myth in Medicine by Andrew G. Kadar
The Sex-Bias Myth in Medicine by Andrew G. Kadar
A Case of the Great Pox by William Styron
A Case of the Great Pox by William Styron
Parrots by Jane and Michael Stern
Parrots by Jane and Michael Stern
Native is Beautiful by Omar Sattaur
Native is Beautiful by Omar Sattaur
Catch a falling frog by Derek Elsom
Catch a falling frog by Derek Elsom
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