The Fog of Foreign Policy
“The Fog of Foreign Policy: Why only ‘least bad’ options are available in Syria, Iraq and other global hotspots” Sound libertarian analysis, highly recommended!Filed under: Links Tagged: Benjamin...
View ArticleDavid Friedman on Judging Outside Your Expertise
David Friedman writes: Accepting the views of experts on a question you are not competent to answer for yourself, assuming that you can figure out who they are and what they believe, is often a...
View ArticleWhat would I ask the president in an interview?
My favorite podcast really hit the Big Time this week. Marc Maron interviewed President Obama last week and released the episode today. Marc Maron does a great job interviewing his guests but this...
View Article3 key problems with Trump’s style of functioning
The removal of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State (who was replaced by Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA) reiterates three key problems in US President Donald Trump’s style of functioning: First, his...
View ArticleGame theory in the wild
Game theory is an amazing way to simulate reality, and I strongly recommend any business leader to educate herself on underlying concepts. However, I have found that the way that it is constructed in...
View ArticleInterpretation is Everything
I’ve got a thing for models. And COVID has meant a lot of cool little models of disease transmission have been coming across my desk. This has been fun for me. But it’s also an intellectual minefield....
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