Monthly Archives: October 2009

You state that your book is based on one fundamental assumption about human nature: people respond to incentives. Which is another way of saying that people are basically selfish. Take someone like Jesus Christ. What was his “incentive” to go on the cross?

“Jesus probably didn’t know much about macroeconomics, even though he was God.”

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How to use Google E-Mail — Google Mail — GMail

How an expert e-mailer (Matt Cutts) configures his Gmail settings:

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James Cameron’s Avatar: The Movie Trailer – (New Extended HD Trailer)

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Movie Trailer – (New Extended HD Trailer) How to download James Cameron’s AVATAR – AVATAR @ HubDub AVATAR @ InTrade AVATAR @ Hollywood Stock Exchange -

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Flattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale. — Adlai E. Stevenson

Previously: Bo Cowgill: “I haven’t fully decamped from Google. I’m just not full-time there anymore as I’m pursuing the doctorate at Berkeley.”

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Democratic Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank discusses new “Too Big To Fail” regulations.

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The Elements of Statistical Learning

The Elements of Statistical Learning Free PDF file

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BetFair is world’s third most valuable Internet startup.

The Silicon Alley Insider 50+ Top Ten: 1. Facebook 2. Wikipedia 3. Betfair 4. NewEgg 5. Craigslist 6. Mozilla 7. Yandex 8. Webkinz (aka Ganz) 9. GoDaddy 10. Demand Media

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About the richest 1% of Americans who own roughly half of the entire nation’s wealth

Born Rich – by Jamie Johnson The One Percent – by Jamie Johnson

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When EPMs are compared with internal corporate forecasts, the EPMs invariably use the same people for both tasks.

“How independent is that?”

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Super Freakonomics, prostitution, and feminism

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