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How eBooks Will Lead To The Disappearance of Books

Thanks to reader and contributer Ari Schwartz for suggesting this topic. We have already discussed how eBooks will hasten the end of what we called long-form reading, i.e. book reading,…

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University Rankings: Wall Street Journal, ACTA, QS

I, working with Cambria Consulting (see below), was involved heavily creating the WSJ's Top 25 College rankings which are in today's papers. All questions on the methods, I defer to…

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Global Competitiveness Report: World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum has released their 2010-2011 rankings of Global Competitiveness, a subject matter so important that it rates Capital Letters to introduce. For each country, the economists from…

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Florida Pastor Won’t Burn Quran: Prediction—Late Posting!

I wrote this Wednesday night, and only learned of Jones's reversal early Friday morning. Since it is now too late to write anything new, I give you my prediction, which…

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The Education Bubble

Talk of the---and I mean the---education bubble is everywhere. But nowhere is it more succinctly or beautifully demonstrated than in a picture created by Mark Perry of the American Enterprise…

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Skip Class Calculator Makes The News

I was saving this for another Conversation With Myself, to show that there are too many kids in school. But it's more appropriate as a lead-in to another story about…

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How Steve Jobs Will Destroy Civilization

September 1, 2012 Steve Jobs unveils the Apple TV, a device which allows "consumers" to relieve themselves of the burden of owning movies and television shows. Previously, if people wanted…

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Too Many Kids Go To College: A Conversation With Myself

This is the first of many conversations I'll be having with myself this semester on this subject. William Say, Matt. I heard you were teaching this semester. Where? Matt At…

Johnno on As Woke Falls, What Rises?December 21, 2024
Whatever falls, new Expurts always rise. They even optimized Time for us and we've been confused and suffering ever since...…
Johnno on House Cramnibus Funds New Follow-The-Science PanicsDecember 20, 2024
We should offer to pay for our leader's mandatory lobotomies as part of the spending passage. MANDATORY. Cite Biden's state…
Ryan on Class 32: The Evils, Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology I (All Should Read)December 20, 2024
I think you're being a bit harsh. The authors concluded as follows in their abstract: "[W]e found an excess ALS…
Probability Puzzle Paradox: Which Boxes To Take? – William M. Briggs on A Twist In A Solution To Newcomb’s ParadoxDecember 20, 2024
[…] did Newcomb’s Paradox (so called) years ago, and a twist in premises after that. But I thought it would…
Uncle Mike on House Cramnibus Funds New Follow-The-Science PanicsDecember 19, 2024
I don't understand the desire by dems and reps alike to throttle this country to death before Jan 20. Such…