Arsehole Of The Week
The title says it all. For those who are a bit short on their history a quick primer on the Tuskegee Airmen can be found here
I’m O.K., You’re a Psychopath
Little essay from the NY Times reviewing – The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty by Cambridge cognitive scientist Simon Baron Cohen (his cousin is comic Sasha Braon Cohen) Cohen also discusses the same concepts here If ever you wanted an example of the appalling nature capacity of the human race…
DetailsSeminar Bingo
Jorge Cham is a former roboticist who gave up acemia to become a comic, he produces the comic strip PhD Comics His little graphic below whilst referencing academic presentations is pretty much spot on for any presentation.
DetailsSocialist or Capitalist
Great little piece on the gains in markets under various economic philosophies. This is the most telling chart from the article. You will note that we rank 17th out of 18 countries and the laissez–faire Yanks rank 15th. The orignal article from which this chart is drawn can be found here and it makes a…
DetailsHouse Hunting
I have never been a real estate person – I have always found the process of buying a home to be time consuming, stressful and to be honest friggen primitive. There is all that paperwork, talking to banks, dealing with land rats and then you have to wait for several months before you actually get…
DetailsHead Shrinking
As an intellectual pursuit trading is not a difficult endeavour, the rules are quite simple and they revolve around the central tenet of cutting your losses and letting your profits run. This maxim has been with traders for generation and a failure to recognise its importance has even afflicted the greatest traders. The late Jesse…
DetailsGreece
This is what your market looks like when your country is run by gibbons, the national sport is tax evasion and everyone wants a full pension after 35 years of work compared to Germany’s 45.
I Love A Good Trendline
It will be interesting to see what Fridays close brings.
What Bubble?
Great chart from The Atlantic regarding venture capital activity in and around social media.
