That they are a click-baiters dream come true.
That they force the author of the listicle to come up with whatever random thoughts or ideas in order to meet the number of items they promised.
That despite their promise for easy and fast information, context is still king and you really should do your research.
That despite list item 2, I am seriously debating just stopping the list here.
That I could, though, use this opportunity to try to sell you some product or service, since we are all just customers.
That AI will likely be producing a ton of these in short order as a means to direct people toward products and services.
That if you see a link and really want to click on it, that was the plan. Watch your wallet.
That you really should get more sleep and treat your physical and mental self much better than you do.
That “things” don’t add meaning or establish purpose in your life. That using “things” as symbols of status really is, in the end, very empty and that you have the choice to fill that emptiness with more things (only to feel the same or worse emptiness) or to get off that treadmill and connect with people as you are.
That you should communicate with your family and friends and those that love you more often, not to guilt you, but really they do, in the end, add the most meaning and purpose to your life.
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Ten Essential Things to Know About Listicles
Sunday, October 21, 2018
All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boarding Music to the Wind
OK, I cannot be the only one to hear "Tara's Theme" from "Gone with the Wind" in ANA's boarding music.
Sunday, May 07, 2017
Podcast Favorites: In Our Time: Orwell's Animal Farm
Saturday, January 19, 2013
"Up-side" Risk & Development
Brainstorm on "up-side risks" and development economics
"The only ignorant question is the one not asked"
Disclaimer
As (I hope will not be too) apparent to anyone with a some level of economics or statistical education, this is not my primary area of work - yet to open the bridges between siloed disciplines (aka interdisciplinary work) we must start walking into personally murky waters. We must not fear retribution for basics not received or lost (can you tell this is a pep talk?)
Up-side Risk
Are there "up-side" risks? In other words, how does one assess (or does one assess) the risks associated with a "positive" upside event? Of course for those that hedge there is upside risk. Hmm. So perhaps we can see investment in things like Air Conditioning or perhaps water systems and electrical systems as a hedge against risks in natural capital? Of course in an urban environment - with population densities well beyond the carrying capacity - such systems are no longer a "hedge", no longer "insurance" but full blown... cost? I now reach too far beyond my ken. Perhaps some input from others on how to think this through.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
What McCain campaign wants you to think
Palin
Lipstick on a pig
Fear
Terror
War
Culture wars
Obama's funny name
Bridges to nowhere (supported or otherwise)
What they don't want you to think about:
The economy
Friday, August 15, 2008
Insight
It's funny, I just read that the American women took the gold and silver in the Olympic games in Beijing. This was in the individual event (as it must considering that as teams that could not have taken the gold AND silver). It's funny because the Chinese women took the gold in the team event and thus highlighting strategy and cultural differences between the two countries. One more group oriented and the other more individual oriented. I think both countries would benefit from respecting the opposing philosophy a little more.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Recent climate articles - may (never) read
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,
VOL. 35,
L11701,
doi:10.1029/2008GL033273,
2008
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2008/2008GL033273.shtml
Is the observed NAO variability during the instrumental record unusual?
Semenov, V. M. Latif, J. Jungclaus, W. Park
Abstract
Observed multidecadal variability (30 yr
running means, trends, and moving standard deviations) of the North
Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) during the instrumental record is compared
to that simulated by two different coupled general circulation models
in extended-range control experiments. Simulated NAO exhibits strong
low frequency fluctuations, even on multi-centennial time scale.
Observed multi-decadal NAO variations agree well with the model
variability. Trend probability distribution functions, observed and
simulated, were not found to be different with statistical
significance. Thus, multi-decadal NAO changes similar to those observed
during the instrumental record, including the recent increase in
1965–1995, may be internally generated within the coupled
atmosphere-ocean system without considering external forcing.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,
VOL. 35,
L11603,
doi:10.1029/2008GL034059,
2008
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2008/2008GL034059.shtml
Potential predictability of rapid changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
Hawkins, E., R. Sutton
Abstract
We explore the potential predictability
of rapid changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
(MOC) using a coupled global climate model (HadCM3). Rapid changes in
the temperature and salinity of surface water in the Nordic Seas, and
the flow of dense water through Denmark Strait, are found to be
precursors to rapid changes in the model's MOC, with a lead time of
around 10 years. The mechanism proposed to explain this potential
predictability relies on the development of density anomalies in the
Nordic Seas which propagate through Denmark Strait and along the deep
western boundary current, affecting the overturning. These rapid
changes in the MOC have significant, and widespread, climate impacts
which are potentially predictable a few years ahead. Whilst the flow
through Denmark Strait is too strong in HadCM3, the presence of such
potential predictability motivates the monitoring of water properties
in the Nordic Seas and Denmark Strait.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
20 Things The Millionaire Next Door Does NOT Do
Pay for Lawn Service Go to a Hair Stylist Use Time as a Measurement for Success Buy Brand New Cars Carry a Monthly Credit Card Balance Eat Out on a Regular Basis Think He Knows It All Socialize with People Who Waste Money Desire Instant Gratification Pay Retail for Name Brand Clothing Keep His Money in a Checking Account Replace What is Not Broken Visit the Tanning Bed Impulse Buy Waste Time on Senseless Activities Focus His Attention on Negative Obstacles Bet The Farm Fly First-class Rent Earn Every Dollar He Makes at His Day Job |
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Friday, November 02, 2007
its like a hard drive
Joe: They can fail catastrophically.
Bob: What can?
Joe: Hard drives.
Bob: Funny that.
Joe: What’s that?
Bob: That something called a hard drive can fail catastrophically. I mean if it’s so hard...
Joe: Not surprising to me.
Bob: Why is that?
Joe: Well if you look in nature you will find that the more rigid something is the more likely it will fail catastrophically.
Bob: Like buildings? Like the twin towers in
Joe: Yea but not like you think. I mean buildings are not as rigid as you think. Did you know that the
Joe: We need to all include a little give in our lives. Or...
Bob: Or it’s like a hard drive.
Joe: Yea, its like a hard drive.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Subprime Meltdown
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What Killed the Mammoth
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Winning the Cancer War
In this segment, Ira talks with cancer researcher Robert Weinberg about what he calls the last frontier of cancer research. Weinberg has been instrumental in studies of oncogenes, genes that can spark the rapid cell multiplication associated with cancerous tumors. Now, in two studies published over the past month, Weinberg and colleagues present clues as to how tumors spread through the body. They found that microRNAs, small molecules that typically disrupt protein production by binding to the messenger RNAs that transmit DNA instructions for proteins, can cause tumors to metastasize. Could the research help curb the spread of cancer within people? We'll talk about the research.
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Biotech: Printing Living Cells
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