Data Grubbers: Epidemiology, Sabermetrics, Octopus Paul, and You
Of course, one need only visit the latest round of Facebook infographics to know that statisticulation is a robust art.
Science & Technology
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein
Left to Her Own Devices
In story after story, technology stands in as a focus for our fears for our daughters (as well as our desire to control them).
Second Eden
The quantum mechanics of family life
When Algorithms Are Cheaper than Humans: The Hidden Curse of Automation
Is technology quietly deskilling, and dehumanizing, us?
Science, INC: On Mediating Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking teaches us how human beings make science together.
Too Much Magic, Too Little Social Friction: Why Objects Shouldn’t Be Enchanted
Magic’s unintended consequences.
Prying: Jhave on Tender Claws’ New App
Jhave on "Pry," an interactive multimedia fiction — an iOS app by Tender Claws, the duo Danny Cannizzaro and Samantha Gorman.
In Praise of Dynamic Duos
Temma Ehrenfeld on Joshua Wolf Shenk's "Powers of Two": Creative work is in any case rough, and two are better than one.
Don’t Eat This Marshmallow: Cooling the Fever for Self-Control
"Like a real marshmallow, like any of the temptations offered children in his now-famous experiment, Mischel’s new book — The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control — is a trigger for our desire."
Aristocrats of “Merit”
Tyler Cowen’s "Average Is Over"
Of Good Horses and Bad Science
Steve Jones's "The Serpent's Promise" is not just a “retelling” of the Bible, but a critique of religion and a clarion call for science to replace it in human affairs.
OkCupid’s XOXO for Big Surveillance
Love in the time of lab rats.
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