Amol Kapila
David Goldhill, a “media and technology executive”, has written an article for The Atlantic called “How American Health Care Killed My Father.” This is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the poor state of health care in the United States; it is not some sentimental story about his father. It is long, but [...]
Amol Kapila
Robert Wright, the author of The Evolution of God, has a recent op-ed in the New York Times, suggesting that hardcore atheists and creationists could find some common ground. I loved this article. He offers examples of how those with a highly scientific worldview (like myself) could still potentially find room for purpose of a [...]
Amol Kapila
Don Boudreaux at Cafe Hayek excerpts a nice summary of key ideas in economics, form The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon, which I reproduce here:
Production takes place for consumption (derived from the Scot Adam Smith), not the other way round. Value is measured not as an average but at the margin (the Englishman W. S. [...]
Amol Kapila
Sleep may be an evolutionary adaptation to improve time management: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/health/01mind.html?em.
Progress on understanding protein folding?: http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/08/lifes-proteins-related-by-seven-degrees-of-separation.ars.
Texting while driving increases accident rates by 23 times. I agree that it should be banned: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/08/highway-safety-group-gets-behind-texting-and-driving-ban.ars.
Wikipedia will “fail” by 2010: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/despite-changes-wikipedia-will-still-fail-within-5-years.ars.
Europeans use less Internet than Americans do in the evenings: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/does-less-evening-internet-mean-europeans-lead-better-lives.ars.
Amol Kapila
I just read a post at the Convergence Law Institute blog on healthcare, with a focus on Canada. While it isn’t the best read, in my opinion, it does have some interesting tidbits. In particular, read the first few paragraphs, which focus on the Canadian health system. Here are some interesting points made in the [...]