I don’t know, so I’m an atheist libertarian

Penn Jillette on CNN (click for the complete text)

“I don’t know” is not an apology. There’s no shame. It’s a simple statement of fact. When Richard Feynman didn’t know, he often worked harder than anyone else to find out,

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Le chapitre 11 de l’ALENA

Texte écrit dans le cadre du cours POL-1010 Introduction aux relations internationales de la Télé-Université (TÉLUQ) à l’automne 2007.

Les faits

« En janvier 1994, le Canada, les États-Unis et le Mexique ont lancé l’Accord de libre-échange nord-américain (ALENA) et formé …

Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis

In times of crisis people seek strong leaders and simple solutions. But what if their solutions are identical to the mistakes that caused the very crisis? This is the story of the greatest economic crisis of our age, the one …

Peak Everything?

Forget peak oil. What about peak lithium, peak neodymium, and peak phosphorus?

When you really need something, it’s natural to worry about running out of it. Peak oil has been a global preoccupation since the 1970s, and the warnings get

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Blog blogué

Contrepied de Travail sur le blogue, présenté sur mon blog dans le cadre du cours COM-6032

Introduction

Dans cet essai, nous réagirons à un essai portant sur l’apparition des plateformes de publications électroniques. Nous les appelons habituellement « blogs », diminutif de …

The Unknown War

The defeat of communism 20 years ago was the most liberating moment in history. So why don’t we talk about it more?

The consensus Year of Revolution for most of our lifetimes has been 1968, with its political assassinations, its

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Mint CEO Aaron Patzer on Startups

Mint CEO Aaron Patzer on Startups from Techcrunch on Vimeo.

Mint CEO Aaron Patzer talks with entrepreneurs at a JuicePitcher event about the history of his startup, Mint. Vator.tv recorded the video…

What It Feels Like To Be A Libertarian

By John Hasnas,

Political analysts frequently consider what it means to be a libertarian. In fact, in 1997, Charles Murray published a short book entitled “What It Means to Be a Libertarian” that does an excellent job of presenting the

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The (not so?) long tail

Rethinking the Long Tail Theory: How to Define ‘Hits’ and ‘Niches’

In a working paper titled, “Is Tom Cruise Threatened? Using Netflix Prize Data to Examine the Long Tail of Electronic Commerce,”Wharton Operations and Information Management professor Serguei Netessine and

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Education shifts, time-location becoming a process

When we thought about education, we used to think about a building, some brick and mortar place where we went to sit on a bench and acquire stuff from 9AM to 4PM. Some DIYers used to go to the library …