The Prince by Machiavelli. Been meaning to read this for some time. It seemed more of a recap of history of Italy in the early 16th century and a lengthy job application pamphlet. Basically, "I know what's been going on and how complex everything is so give me a job". It was rewarding though that some...
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Good read - The Path. A quick overview of 5 Chinese philosophies making them relevant to how we should think about how we live today. I've not read much about them and assumed they were pretty much ancient and irrelevant, reduced to one-liner aphorisms, but Michael Puett has been teaching a popular...
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Timeless Tips for 'Simple Sabotage' — Central Intelligence Agency. This is a great collection of sabotage techniques which, when you read them, feel exactly like those most annoying things colleagues do in organisations. Maybe they are just trying to wreck things? Learn to recognise when your work...
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IBM big data used for rapid diagnosis of rare leukemia case in Japan | The Japan Times: In a possible first in Japan, doctors have used artificial intelligence to diagnose a rare type of leukemia and identify life-saving therapy far faster tha
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Great list of mental models from DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg via the Healthcare Economist. Includes Hanlon's razor, Pareto efficiency, survivorship bias, and the Pygmalion effect.
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Trends in Life Expectancy among Older Americans, by Race « Healthcare Economist
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Good read. The most good you can do by Peter Singer. This is about effective altruism. If you are going to give away your money how can ensure you give it to the most effective resources? More than that if you've decided to give away money what is the best job that you can do? There are some extreme...
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The amount of energy needed to run the world’s economy is decreasing on average: A new report from the Energy Information Administration measures energy intensity.
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A Medical Mystery of the Best Kind: Major Diseases Are in Decline - NYTimes.com
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Australia has moved 1.5 metres, so it's updating its location for self-driving cars: Strewth! Australia will update its latitude and longitude to make sure self-driving cars, drones and tractors know where they're going.
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The highest-paid CEOs run the worst-performing companies: The highest-paid CEOs tend to run some of the worst-performing companies, according to new research. The study, carried out by corporate research firm MSCI, found that for every $100 (£76) invested in companies with the highest-paid CEOs would...
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When anyone tries to predict what the financial markets will do just remind them that complex adaptive systems are tricky.
"It is clear that the financial system exhibits all of the classic characteristics of a [Complex Adaptive System], with the consequence that analysis of the likely reaction of...
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Single-atom-thick sheets efficiently extract electricity from salt water: An impressive energy density generated by differences in salt concentrations.
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Failed coup leads to crackdown on academics | Chemistry World
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Looking forward to the papers suggesting daily Pokemon Go steps targets. "Counting the Extra Footsteps From Pokémon Go Mania: Some users are walking out of the way to catch 'em all. ... Millions of Pokémon Go users are suddenly getting real exercise while playing the game, which is done by walking...
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The President Reviews the Lessons of the Affordable Care Act: By Joe Elia
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM
President Barack Obama presents his analysis of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in JAMA , which also contains several editorials on the future of...
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Motivational interviewing (MI) for preventing alcohol misuse in young adults is not effective enough | Cochrane
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