The Late Enlightenment

We're still in the Enlightenment, only now reason has shown us that we are not reasonable - and a more empirical study of man helps us remember the point of the whole program

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

What Are the Things That Could Derail the Improvement of Life on Earth?

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We assume that wealth will grow, violence will decrease, and in general life will get better for life on Earth, if only things keep going ro...

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Passivity and Usefulness of Information Do Not Positively Correlate

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Previously I posted that we shouldn't be surprised that media information that we receive passively isn't necessarily useful to us ....

Sunday, February 2, 2014

World Series and Superbowl Ratings: How Much Do Home-Team Markets Influence Them?

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This is cross-posted to my outdoor and sports blog MDK10 Outside Next up: how much does winning actually correlate with the franchise mak...

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Clever Consumers: Terrible For Ad-Based Revenues

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Have you ever clicked on an ad that was embedded in an RSS feed? Ever? I never have. In general, the kinds of people who use Readers are ...

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Why You Should Avoid News

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Great piece, available here . One of the points is that it makes us passive, a conclusion which this argument also converges upon . "...

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Passivity of Information Correlates with Low Value

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In general, the more passively you've acquire information through media, the less value it will have to you, and the less it can be trus...

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