Going Critical is a great overview of diffusion in networks
Microposts
Happy birthday to Kelly! 🎉
This conversation with Stuart Russell on the After On podcast is a fascinating discussion of important topics in AI 🎙
Emma and her puppy
I found The Strange Order of Things by Antonio Damasio surprisingly difficult to read. This Mindscape episode was a much more accessible introduction to the topic via a good conversation with Sean Carroll
The Hidden Reality by Brian Greene is a fascinating and clearly written tour of the many multiverse theories. Really mind bending stuff 📚
Morbid Stuff by PUP is oddly cheerful, nihilistic punk rock itunes.apple.com/ca/album/…
Seems like an unnecessarily precise monthly fee
A great discussion about Incredibles 2 on The Incomparable podcast. I agree with the overall assessment that it had many great moments, but didn’t hold together overall.
The mystery of computation, as something our brains do, is well described in this Aeon Essay
Wonderfully rich detail in the 5 podcast series from Brady Heywood on Apollo 13 🎙
The Travellers finale is a very satisfying ending to a great TV series 📺
There are useful lessons in this discussion of statistical significance for any evidence-informed process. There’s no magic number, uncertainty matters, and judgement is required.
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie is a great book with an intriguing main character, compelling plot, and fascinating world building 📚
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Garry Kasparov: The 8-year-old chess champion’s story is quintessentially American
Talent is universal, but opportunity is not, and talent cannot thrive in a vacuum.
This is a great example of using the tidyverse for graph analysis #rstats
A good reminder to choose your models carefully when trying to prove something
An interesting article about changes in our perspective on Neanderthals. They are no longer primitive brutes
Cool research showing that embryos use an optimal Bayesian decoder to coordinate development
A timely article on how Pi led to infinity and calculus
Although I’m late to reading Michael Lewis' The Long Short, it’s hard to believe it is non-fiction. The story of the sub-prime mortgage crisis is incredible 📚
Thanks to @t_rig for the great goodr sunglasses
Emma’s hair has gone curly
Great to be back at the Royalton! 🏖
This was a really good episode of the Mindscape podcast all about the multi-worlds theory of quantum physics
Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking is a fun book. Clear and concise answers to some important questions, written with Hawking’s whimsy and fully demonstrating his impressive curiosity 📚
Lots of fresh snow today
Although I’m disappointed the Counterpart wasn’t renewed for a third season, the second season ended really well. Definitely one of my favourite shows of the past few years.