Apr 29

Rags-to-Riches of the Century: Francis Ngannou

He nearly bled to death in the desert and crossed the Mediterranean on a pool toy. It'd be movie-worthy if he became an accountant in Cleveland, but instead, he became World Champion.

13 min read Jehan

Apr 19

Happiness Is Two Scales

The common way to talk about happiness is as a single scale: unhappy at one end, neutral in the middle, happy at the other end. I think that model is wrong.

2 min read Uri

Apr 14

The Best Prediction Ever: Darwin and the Founder Effect

How did Charles Darwin make the best prediction ever? Why are there more accents in the UK than in the US? Why are there yellow watermelons in Africa? Weirdly these all have the same answer.

3 min read Jehan

Apr 5

Common Pretense

Nobody is fooled, and nobody is fooled about anyone else's fooled-ness.

2 min read Uri

Mar 29

Negative Opportunity Cost

Economists rate opportunity cost as the most important economic concept for the public to understand. Turns out it comes in two flavors.

3 min read Jehan

Mar 22

Personal Export Subsidies

Can the secret to South Korea's economic development also help your teenager?

7 min read Uri

Mar 18

When Bits Split Atoms

Artificial Intelligence and that time the US Secretary of Defense thought we were all going to die.

6 min read Jehan

Mar 8

For And Against Pre-Scheduling Posts

Pre-scheduling posts has a couple of big benefits and a couple of major costs.

4 min read Uri

Mar 3

If the Present is Better than the Past, Bias Towards Action

If the mean human action has been positive, the base rate is a positive expected value.

1 min read Jehan

Feb 22

Request for Punctuation Marks

We ¿need? more punctuation marks, we need them now

2 min read Uri