- New York City hospitals in crisis. What happens when health problems pile up unsolved.
- Frederic Mishkin (economist) versus Charles Ferguson (filmmaker)
- computer-generated music comes of age. “Many were angry.”
- What lies beneath sweetness
- Nassim Taleb on Benoit Mandelbrot
Thanks to Peter Spero, Dave Lull, and David Kramer.
For a less-flattering piece on Benoit Mandelbrot, see John Horgan’s blog entry on the Scientific American website:
“Benoit Mandelbrot (RIP) and the quest for a theory of really everything“
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/8269/1/ – the results of some research on medical science.
Regarding computer generated music, watch this…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8mi8SjGKMY
Payoff at 30 seconds. Best part is the straight face. They want $300 bucks, which I’m hoping pay next year.