====== Erdős Number ======
In the world of mathematics, you can see networking effects in terms of your //Erdős number// which quantifies the series of connections thr... e published work of [[wp>Paul Erdős]]. As well as being a prolific author of mathematical papers, [[wp... er. His biography, [[wp>The Man Who Loved Only Numbers]], is worth a read.
To be assigned an Erdős nu
se outcomes are everywhere. How probabilities can be updated as new information comes in is also interesting. I am pretty sure I have learned this before but I think I will look at this again to unde... ficance.
Looking again into the world of chance. Below is a work in progress...
==== Expressing Like... & Probability ====
Probabilities of an event can be stated as percentages or as a decimal with values
rive to higher efficiencies & productivity cannot be stopped through any intellectual endeavor. Can ou... drive us towards ever more technological advance be our own undoing as in Vonnegut's [[wp>Galápagos_(... rk for the greater good of all humanity or merely because they are driven to do so as it is who they are? Being one of them, I suspect the latter,
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The lack of chemical reactivity, it could be argued, gives it a sense of permanency which is a rare thing in an ever changing world. It has been seen therefore as a constant store of value sin... modern society breaks down and all Fiat currency becomes worthless seems dubious to me. If I have a g... rking? How many willing takers are there going to be for the block of metal in exchange for the rare f
emselves]] then surely this should ring a warning bell somewhere that this may be too intrusive for everyone else also.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserv... nnsylvania Assembly: Reply to the Governor", November 11, 1755; as cited in The Papers of Benjamin Fra
Tversky]] and [[wp>Daniel Kahneman]]. Economics nobel prize winner Kahneman's //"Thinking Fast and Slow"// has been a long time on my [[dob:read#books_to_read|read... nsight into areas that do not usually provide the best material for an easy read (Financial system, sp... m curious to see how this foray into the world of behavioral economics takes him.
Here is an intervie
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People seem to be pre-programmed to accept the current status quo a... sts forever, no matter how big or how powerful it becomes. On an even shorter timeframe, the rise and ... l landscape, a few short years later this can all be swept away. This is sometimes for good - but with
much that can appear online that has not already been said. Maybe we are already living in a world now like that envisaged by Jorge Luis Borges in his short story [[wp>The Library of Babel]] in which everything has presumably been written and documented, but all that may be of value is bu
what is actually happening and I wonder if I have been swayed by the media I consume. Examples where I... m not sure why, but at least that much appears to be true.
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Why is this the case and w... riving the real world anymore? Articles are still being written complaining about the electoral colleg... super strong editorial bias for what they wish to be happening. Amazingly, I find myself agreeing with
echnological advance is a positive force that can be controlled. Even in its most extreme from as expressed by Ted Kaczynski(better known as the Unabomber) there is still a logic to at least some of his thinking with respect to t... not to mention his actions).
Other topics I have been reading about are income distribution and inequ
ot. Currencies a lot less - though variations can be equally dramatic. The Euro has held values as pri... launch in Jan 1999. The short term variations can be equally dramtic.
In the year to date, the € as ... re a critical psychological point where this does become important. Crossing parity I think is somethi... ng that would penetrate through to a headline. Maybe this 1€ having greater value than 1GBP would prov
ndamental positive human impulses and desires are being often targeted as market opportunities. Three ... riment of the very customers they are supposed to be serving.
Take bio/organic food for example. You ... ere is a qualitative difference in the food and I believe this was the original trigger for this movem
and the editor itself is written in this and can be modified and extended using it. Watched some of [... nd it is quite amazing what you can do if you can become fluent in this environment. Then again, the a... ach that level of proficiency is enormous. The number and functions and key bindings involved is huge\
r two younger companions will presumably not remember - at least not like this. But then again, neither will I without the benefit of the picture...\\
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