Noah Schachtmann at Wired:In the last three years, America’s military and intelligence agencies have spent more than $125 million on computer models that are supposed to forecast political unrest. It’s the latest episode in Washington’s four-decade dalliance with...
There are a series of jokes floating around academia about "academic relatives," most recently this little bit of brilliant whimsy from Jorge Cham's Piled Higher and Deeper entitled "Your Academic...
Henry Farrell mentions Francis Spufford's new book Red Plenty. Before proceeding, you should know three things:I have no connection, social or otherwise, with Francis Spufford.I am a philistine made...