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September 17th, 2010 by zen
From FT.com: Computers set for quantum...
Read morePosted in 21st century, computers, corporations, economic determinism, economics, geopolitics, government, innovation, national security, Oligarchy, physics, revolution, science, tech | 7 comments
July 13th, 2010 by zen
“It is, I think, particularly in periods of...
Read morePosted in academia, brain, cognition, counterintuitive, ideas, intellectuals, intelligence, logic, metacognition, Perception, philosophy, physics, science, theory | 8 comments
April 21st, 2010 by zen
A brief anecdote. Today, a student came to me...
Read morePosted in academia, analytic, bias, brain, cognition, counterintuitive, creativity, education, Epistemology, framing, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, insight, intelligence, logic, metacognition, Perception, physics, priming, psychology, scenario, science, teaching, vertical thinking | 23 comments
March 5th, 2010 by zen
Charles Cameron, my regular guest blogger, is the...
Read morePosted in academia, analytic, brain, Charles Cameron, cognition, culture, education, historiography, humor, ideas, intellectuals, intelligence, personal, philosophy, physics, psychology, Religion, science, society, synthesis, Theology, theory | 3 comments
April 10th, 2009 by zen
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black...
Read morePosted in 21st century, America, analytic, authors, barack obama, black swans, complex systems, complexity, connectivity, economics, globalization, government, ideas, intellectuals, markets, network theory, obama, physics, politics, reform, resilience, science, society, theory | 22 comments
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