Saturday, August 31, 2013

Comments on Haidt's Righteous Mind: Moral Convention vs. Universal

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It's good; you should read it. There are multiple good reviews elsewhere, but suffice it to say, he builds a case using empirical psych...
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Loyalty, Optimization and Corporate Empires

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Peter Turchin's War and Peace and War analyzes patterns of empires in history, extending the work of Gibbon's Roman history and espe...
Sunday, August 18, 2013

Strange But True Naval Battles

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It turns out that Japan was not the only place the Yuan Mongol Navy lost ( more here ); but perhaps even stranger than that, there was a Wor...
Saturday, August 17, 2013

Without Constraints, How Do Humans Behave?

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Cross-posted to my geek blog as well as Cognition and Evolution . Life on Earth evolved in an environment of constraints: resource limita...
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, July 28, 2013

The Yuan Mongols' Other Naval Defeats

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Japan wasn't the only place that turned back the Mongols. That powerhouse Java sent the Yuan packing in 1293 - in the midst of a civil...
Saturday, July 27, 2013

Guillermo Bert, Lukutuwe (Textile)

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This design is made in the style of the Mapuche (in Chile) by an American artist. Once in a home on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatema...