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Saturday, April 24, 2010
Sex, Bombs & Burgers
The talk will focus on the main theme of the book, which is how the military, porn and food industries have been the biggest drivers of technology over the past century. The links between these three are not immediately clear, but they are all rooted in humanity's basest instincts. In essence, my book is about how the worst parts of human vice have resulted in some truly incredible achievements
It's no secret that porn is a major force on the internet - an estimated 25 per cent of all search requests are for adult content, while about one third of all websites are pornography-related. About 28,000 people are watching porn of some kind online , spending about $89 doing so, every second. Porn, despite being commonly thought of as a negative by-product of one of our basest instincts (the need to have sex), has been a big force for innovation over the past century.
RIP: Daniel Kahneman
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Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman passed away today. His work
incorporating psychology into economics through Prospect Theory has been a
major advance. Fr...
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You open the app and immediately the algorithm shows you what you want. All
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get y...
Power Steering Pump Failing Symptoms
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Power steering pump is a vital parts of a car. It helps you to turn the
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How to run a successful remote workshop
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In-person workshops are a great way to brainstorm, plan, and share new
ideas with colleagues. But as remote work becomes the norm for many
companies, rem...
The two notions of amenities in spatial economics
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Spatial economists use the word “amenity” in two imperfectly aligned ways.
The first refers to place-specific services that are not explicitly
transacted a...
Fleeing China II: Foreign Divestment Edition
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Bing prompt: "Draw a businessman leaving China".
Hot on the heels of the previous post about how Chinese are showing at the
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Thatcherism is dead: Thatcherism lives
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Thatcherism is dead. It has ceased to be. It has expired and gone to meet
its maker. It has kicked the bucket, shuffled off this mortal coil and
joined the...
Some Links
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(Don Boudreaux) TweetWriting in the Wall Street Journal, NYU physicist
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Chromostereopsis
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The effect varies for different people. Take a moment and look at this.
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Do Higher Wages Mean Higher Standards of Living?
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Editor's note: We have updated macroblog's location on our website,
although archival posts will remain at their original location. Readers who
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A new shop for parents who've done better
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It has been a while. Actually, I am not sure anyone reads this blog anymore
and even if they did how they might find out about a new post.
Anyhow, your eco...
The WSJ Law Blog: 2006-2017
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More than a decade ago, The Wall Street Journal launched Law Blog. It had a
simple name but a novel approach to legal coverage in the pre-Twitter era.
The ...
herbal untuk jantung dan darah tinggi yang ampuh
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Apakah Anda tahu bahwa madu mampu memberikan M segala macam manfaat bagi kesehatan
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Why model?
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The first question that arises frequently--sometimes innocently and
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Good Text Book on Public Policy
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Section I: What Is Public Policy? Chapter 1: Public Decision Making
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The end …
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This is the end of our broadcast day here at Murketing.com. Thanks for
having tuned in! Please head over to RobWalker.net for more on whatever I’m
up to no...
this site is moving
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After more than eight years at this address and more than more than seven
years blogging with the same old version of MovableType software, I am
shifting o...
An Announcement
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Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Friends -- You imagine it can't happen to
you, and then it does. Here's why 2Blowhards disappeared: Our webhost,
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Armenian genetics
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Armenian genes: Scientist in Yerevan launches a project to reveal genetic
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New site
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I have a new site at *WordPress*:
http://www.harryrclarke.com/
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It is goodbye *Blogger* for at least a whil...
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