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Yes, this is the source of the disagreement. Silver, I think, probably gets the math. But his aim is to entertain. Taleb's aim is something like predictive rigor. God knows why he …

You basically have it right. But it's not a misunderstanding. Taleb understands Silver's approach, but thinks it's BS, entertainment not forecasting. He's right, but I don't know w…

I got what the article was saying. The point just makes no sense to me. Amazon got $2.4B in subsidies. To say, "it's unethical to ask for that" is functionally equivalent to saying…

Am I alone in not seeing the problem here? Cities went into this with their eyes open, no? It was a bidding war to attract a major employer to the city. Amazon's employees will pay…

Well now you've raised a very deep point. We need some laws and regulation, but not too much. How do we decide? We have a Constitution and a political system, including judiciary w…

> You see that as a dystopia. I see that as a better political and social environment. The question then is...should YOU be the one to decide what is "better"? Who should be given …

"Of course the poorest people are more likely to gain in income -- when you start at the bottom, there's really only one direction you can go." But doesn't this claim in itself ref…

From the article: "The study looks at people who were 35–40 in 1987 and then looks at how they were doing 20 years later, when they are 55–60. The median income of the people in th…

I just subscribed to HBO through Amazon for this reason. It's really great. Amazon user experience and streaming capabilities seem better than HBO. But HBO is the only place you ca…

Fixed mindset is the belief that qualities like intelligence are fixed and can't change. Growth mindset is the belief that these qualities can be grown through effort. Dwecks resea…

You might like Peter Attia's blog, http://eatingacademy.com/ . He's an MD and endurance athlete, and does a lot of self-experimentation.

Thanks for posting this. Seriously funny.

I love it. I go the movies all the time. I wish you had a way for me to put my email address in so I could get an email every Friday to remind me this site exists. Cool idea and im…

Thanks for the link!

I have. Unfortunately, it looks like MIT hasn't re-released it yet. Although it looks like it's possible to run your own server now. Thanks!

I'm one of the founders of ImagineK12-backed Tutorcloud.com. We've been talking to lots of parents who want their kids to learn a little programming. We'd like to help them, and we…

Does Codeschool have as many people signed up as codecademy? That could be one reason for the press. I would guess Codecademy has more users because it's free and you can start lea…

I'm really curious to know if anyone has experience with this. On the one hand, kids like building games, so Scratch and Alice seem like a good idea. On the other hand, those aren'…

matwood, do they really compare to the feel of the vibram's? i think my favorite thing about the vibram's is how they let your toes spread out to help with balance and changing dir…

That is a great reason to wear them. My wife and I both wear Vibram's (we even did a Tough Mudder event in them), and they're great for starting conversations on the trail. Of cour…

me too. but it's possible a lot of these startups raised with convertible notes, and so would not have valuations yet.

I'm curious, how would you guys handle this situation if you were running Airbnb?

When I read this article, I chuckled at how much smarter and wiser I am than Tom Friedman. But you make a good point. If he would have picked almost any other internet company, he …