Poker Bots on the Rise: A Guest Blog
…it to say that we will continue to strive to bring you the best in arcane, trivial, and time-wasting blogification by the likes of ourselves, Ian Ayres, and sundry others….
The environmentalists say we’re doomed if we don’t drastically reduce consumption. The technologists say that human ingenuity can solve just about any problem. A debate that’s been around for decades…
…about his debilitating childhood anxieties, his compulsion to choose the hardest path in life, and how Kwon used his obsession with game theory to stage a come-from-behind victory on Survivor….
Corporations around the world are consolidating like never before. If it’s good enough for companies, why not countries? Welcome to Amexico!
…it to say that we will continue to strive to bring you the best in arcane, trivial, and time-wasting blogification by the likes of ourselves, Ian Ayres, and sundry others….
…sets do not allow comparisons of approximately the same apples (Macs to Macs, for example). Some have such limited detail that the comparison is essentially “apples to oranges.” But our…
…robot instruments and maintenance, but actually brings the hospital out about $500 per procedure ahead. The second big savings comes from complications and transfusions. Complications — when the surgery does…
People who sleep better earn more money. Now all we have to do is teach everyone to sleep better.
…did. We all went into the office, sat around the computer screen, cheered for the Steelers, admired the NFL — and, for a night at least, hated the NFL Network….
Our post last week about the possibility of pilotless commercial airplanes produced a vigorous, fascinating, and civil discussion in the comments. Here’s a bit of followup for those of you…
…forces you to undo that training. You mustn’t avert your eyes from abnormality. You need to seek it out. You need to figure it out. And it doesn’t just turn…
…U.S. Armed Services,” the magazine writes, “one that included the complete withdrawal of troops from Iraq and preparations for a dramatic drawdown of combat troops in Afghanistan, the end of…
I spent three years at Harvard in the Society of Fellows. I had no obligations there except to spend my Monday nights eating fancy meals in the company of some…
Division is the most powerful arithmetic operation. It makes comparisons. When the numerator and denominator have the same units, the comparison makes a dimensionless number, the only kind that the…
It has become increasingly common for colleges and universities to charge different tuition for different undergraduate majors. Do those prices actually influence degree production? In a new working paper (abstract;…
What does it mean to pursue something that everyone else thinks is nuts? And what does it take to succeed?
…the TdF, riding the course repeatedly in training, whereas the European cyclists take other races just as seriously (if not more so: for an Italian cyclist, the Giro D’Italia is…
…products. She wants the company to grow into Africa’s first truly global brand and serve as an example to both the West and other African entrepreneurs. The company is just…
In the early 20th century, Max Weber argued that Protestantism created wealth. Finally, there are data to prove if he was right. All it took were some missionary experiments in…
Our word-geniuses Joanna Coles, Adriana Trigiani and Maeve Higgins on Tell Me Something I Don’t Know. (Photo: Lucy Sutton) Here’s something you “totes” didn’t know: people produce and understand abbreviations…
…the training of the pilot and what a great loss it is,” he says. “Powell was a weapon that was developed over half a century, and millions of taxpayer dollars…
Kidney failure is such a catastrophic (and expensive) disease that Medicare covers treatment for anyone, regardless of age. Since Medicare reimbursement rates are fairly low, the dialysis industry had to…
…pushed to the max in training. Then, when the boys got to be NFL age, you’d see how the most “talented” kids from Group A compared to the less “talented”…
…best social investors because they apply the same discipline to these investments that they would to other parts of their core business. Energy and mining companies, for example, have some…
…where she studied comparative literature and computer science. At any given time, there’s a good chance she’s harvesting greens from her garden, binging a new podcast series, sweating on strangers…
From a reader named Kevin O’Toole comes a bleg that needs input from people with experience in the realms of running, races, and maybe Olympic competition. (We tussled with Olympic…
…macroeconomics. Having recently re-read much of the modern literature on fiscal policy, I found myself underlining several of his claims that either reflect an incomplete understanding of the issue or…
Sure, we all pay lip service to the Madisonian system of checks and balances. But presidents have been steadily expanding the reach of the job. With an election around the…
In recent weeks, we asked you to consider voting for Freakonomics as Best Business Book in the inaugural Quill Awards. (We know, we know: it’s not a business book, but…
…you will understand how that got me into some trouble more than once. Thanks to Andrew Brock (who also blogs about this story) for bringing this article to my attention….
…on the lands now under cultivation, or the combination of low yields and population increase will force smallholders to cut down virgin forest lands and cultivate them. There are no…
