Book Notes: “Making Things Right” (2017)
Ole Thorstensen is a master craftsman both in carpentry and prose.
Monthly Archive: June 2018
Morning Ed: World {2018.06.04.M}
You always wanted to know what Korean slang for video game consoles is, right?
Retroactive: ICYMI in Ordinary Times This Week
Retroactive is a #ICYMI listing of all the great reading from the week that was.
Teenagers to Facebook: We Just Aren’t That Into You
The governments of the world, privacy issues, and debates about information monopolies might turn out as the least of Facebook’s problem. If the new Pew data is to be believed, Facebook is not only under fire, but teens just aren’t that into it anymore.
Jeffersonians vs Hamilitonians Regarding Facebook and Google
A very old argument comes to a contemporary debate. In a fascinating article @Frankpasquale starts at Hayek and runs a thread through Jefferson and Hamilton to the current debate about what, if anything, should be done about the might of Google, Facebook, and other big tech.
The Fighting Movie is Dead
Modern action movies lack the attention to detail paid by Jackie Chan and his contemporaries
Study: The Refugee of My Enemy Is My Friend
Why do states accept refugees? While there are a number of factors that influence a state’s decision to accept refugees, interstate relations play an important yet understudied role in refugee flows. In this paper,...
Corrupt Leader Removed from Power…In Spain
Mariano Rajoy has been removed as Prime Minister of Spain on a no confidence vote by that country’s parliament. The vote means the Socialists, the main opposition party, will now take power behind Pedro Sanchez from Mr. Rajoy’s Popular Party.
What We Do Know, Don’t Know, and Need to Know About Knowledge
Every so often on social media the question go around “if you lived in X period of time in history, what knowledge and skills would you still have that would be useful?” So in the information age of digital knowledge, what is that we know that will still be useful in the future?
