My amateur psychologist take is that start up 'nerds' like the alcohol heavy culture because they were probably excluded from drinking with popular peers at school, and this is their chance to show they really are…
Unfortunately America seems to believe in the 'Myth of the Strong Leader', and it has led them to elect the worst president in recent memory.
From what I've read, start up workers seem to socialise exclusively with one another.
Hmmm... I think this article is politically motivated and misrepresents the evidence in a number of ways. IQ is a real, accurate measure of ability- it isn't a propaganda tool designed to legitimate inequality. IQ isn't…
One possible solution to this problem is to use a crowdworking platform like Mechanical Turk to delete low quality comments. This is a lot cheaper than employing dedicated moderation teams, but there is a trade-off in…
I think if you're getting mostly garbage comments, it should give you pause for thought. Yes, the format of the internet doesn't encourage thoughtful, polite comments. But equally there might be a problem with what…
For all of you reading whose political knowledge is a little rusty, here is a quiz for you: https://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/how-well-do-you-know-b... Unfortunately there is no reward for correct answers!
I tend to be skeptical of claims that bilingualism improves any mental skill. The studies often fail to control for confounding variables correctly. See this article:…
I must admit I hadn't thought of Las Vegas as a champion of sustainability, but maybe I should revise my views.
If we implemented a carbon tax which makes oil producers pay for the environmental cost of oil, oil demand would probably peak even sooner.
I'd be interested to hear how this very website's basic income trial is going: www.qz.com/696377/y-combinator-is-running-a-basic-income-experiment-with-100-oakland-families/
My amateur psychologist take is that start up 'nerds' like the alcohol heavy culture because they were probably excluded from drinking with popular peers at school, and this is their chance to show they really are…
Unfortunately America seems to believe in the 'Myth of the Strong Leader', and it has led them to elect the worst president in recent memory.
From what I've read, start up workers seem to socialise exclusively with one another.
Hmmm... I think this article is politically motivated and misrepresents the evidence in a number of ways. IQ is a real, accurate measure of ability- it isn't a propaganda tool designed to legitimate inequality. IQ isn't…
One possible solution to this problem is to use a crowdworking platform like Mechanical Turk to delete low quality comments. This is a lot cheaper than employing dedicated moderation teams, but there is a trade-off in…
I think if you're getting mostly garbage comments, it should give you pause for thought. Yes, the format of the internet doesn't encourage thoughtful, polite comments. But equally there might be a problem with what…
For all of you reading whose political knowledge is a little rusty, here is a quiz for you: https://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/how-well-do-you-know-b... Unfortunately there is no reward for correct answers!
I tend to be skeptical of claims that bilingualism improves any mental skill. The studies often fail to control for confounding variables correctly. See this article:…
I must admit I hadn't thought of Las Vegas as a champion of sustainability, but maybe I should revise my views.
If we implemented a carbon tax which makes oil producers pay for the environmental cost of oil, oil demand would probably peak even sooner.
I'd be interested to hear how this very website's basic income trial is going: www.qz.com/696377/y-combinator-is-running-a-basic-income-experiment-with-100-oakland-families/