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The Late Enlightenment: The Debatable Lands
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We're still in the Enlightenment, only now reason has shown us that we are not reasonable - and a more empirical study of man helps us remember the point of the whole program. Sunday, February 8, 2015. Of all the cool-sounding names given in fantasy and reality to rough parts of the world (the Bad Lands, Broken Lands, the Burning Lands, etc.), none is as cool as the Debatable Lands. Sunday, February 08, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Blogs, Resources and Venues. Europ...
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The Late Enlightenment: Centrality of State Capitals Doesn't Matter
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We're still in the Enlightenment, only now reason has shown us that we are not reasonable - and a more empirical study of man helps us remember the point of the whole program. Thursday, December 1, 2011. Centrality of State Capitals Doesn't Matter. The center of population of the United States over time, migrating progressively west from Washington D.C. Does this matter? I compared per capita income. For each U.S. state against the distance between from the geographic center of each state. The capital is...
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The Late Enlightenment: Hobbes Understood Why It May Be Rational in Unstable States to Heavily Discount the Future
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We're still in the Enlightenment, only now reason has shown us that we are not reasonable - and a more empirical study of man helps us remember the point of the whole program. Monday, June 22, 2015. Hobbes Understood Why It May Be Rational in Unstable States to Heavily Discount the Future. In [the war of all against all], there is no place for industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain.". Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan. More on the rationality of future discount rates in Japan and Somalia here. 2016 Less...
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The Late Enlightenment: Books I Read in 2013-2014
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We're still in the Enlightenment, only now reason has shown us that we are not reasonable - and a more empirical study of man helps us remember the point of the whole program. Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Books I Read in 2013-2014. Also Spracht Zarathustra - Nietzsche. Herodotus - the Histories. Just So Stories - Kipling. Moonwalking with Einstein - Foer. Willpower - Baumeister and Tierney. Predictably Irrational - Ariely. Rational Choice in an Uncertain World - Hastie. Thinking and Deciding - Baron. IPA̵...
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The Late Enlightenment: Altitude and Population Density
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We're still in the Enlightenment, only now reason has shown us that we are not reasonable - and a more empirical study of man helps us remember the point of the whole program. Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Altitude and Population Density. Cross-posted to my outdoors blog, MDK10Outside.blogspot.com. We typically go to mountains to get away from it all, especially other humans. I'd always wanted to investigate the relationship between population density and elevation. Surprise! So why is this? You might be ...
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The Late Enlightenment: How to Game Status Hierarchies
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We're still in the Enlightenment, only now reason has shown us that we are not reasonable - and a more empirical study of man helps us remember the point of the whole program. Friday, August 3, 2012. How to Game Status Hierarchies. At Meteuphoric, Katja Grace recently wrote about the fragmentation of status hierarchies. Ever notice that most people don't spend extra time in the company of their work colleagues? Well, why would they? They already have all the status they need! People have offensive and de...
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The Late Enlightenment: The Oregon Brewers Festival as an Example of Status Hierarchy Gaming
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We're still in the Enlightenment, only now reason has shown us that we are not reasonable - and a more empirical study of man helps us remember the point of the whole program. Monday, July 27, 2015. The Oregon Brewers Festival as an Example of Status Hierarchy Gaming. Note: I came up with kim chee beer off the top of my head, and then realized that if I thought of it that easily, it almost certainly already existed. So then I looked it up. Bingo. That is, not by misrepresenting themselves, but by creatin...
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The Late Enlightenment: January 2015
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We're still in the Enlightenment, only now reason has shown us that we are not reasonable - and a more empirical study of man helps us remember the point of the whole program. Friday, January 16, 2015. Best Use of "Whitesplaining" Ever. As usual expressing my thoughts more pithily than I can. Friday, January 16, 2015. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I am a resident in psychiatry, writer and trail runner. You can reach me at mdcblogs@gmail.com. View my complete profile. Blogs, Resources and Venues. The Revolt...
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The Late Enlightenment: Is It Better For a Capital NOT to be the Largest City?
http://thelateenlightenment.blogspot.com/2015/03/is-it-better-for-capital-not-to-be.html
We're still in the Enlightenment, only now reason has shown us that we are not reasonable - and a more empirical study of man helps us remember the point of the whole program. Friday, March 27, 2015. Is It Better For a Capital NOT to be the Largest City? After an enjoyable blog post about New Zealand at Crooked Timbers. A commenter pointed out how unusual it is for a country's capital not to be the biggest city. ( Wellington. Is New Zealand's third largest.). So what do the data say? So again I turn back...
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The Late Enlightenment: Alternate Histories: Russian Hawai'i, Swedish Delaware
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We're still in the Enlightenment, only now reason has shown us that we are not reasonable - and a more empirical study of man helps us remember the point of the whole program. Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Alternate Histories: Russian Hawai'i, Swedish Delaware. Actually, it sounds like alternate history but it's not:. Perhaps, even stranger to my American eyes and ears than the 17th century Swedish colony in Delaware. Of course, here's an online crack at a surviving New Sweden. Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Medical ...
