Andrew Greene: Archive

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“Mathematics sings when we feel it in our whole brain. People are generally...”

– Bill Thurston from the Forward to Crocheting Adventures with the Hyperbolic Planes.

Aug 31st

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Aug 30th

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Auris en Oisans, France

Aug 29th

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Aug 28th

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“Perelman’s aversion to public spectacle and to riches is mystifying to many. I...”

– Bill Thurston

Aug 28th

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"Donor maintenance" is the most disgusting phrase... →

Aug 27th

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“In any event, moreover, the distinction between action and inaction is always...”

– Ronald Dworkin

Aug 27th

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Watching grapes!!!

Aug 26th

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Listen to Borges →

Aug 25th

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“Niall Ferguson: “Welcome to Obama’s America: nearly half the...”

– The Atlantic

Aug 24th

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Aug 22nd

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Aug 22nd

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Politicalprof: Knocking Off Niall: Ezra Klein... →

politicalprof: By now, many of you will have seen Paul Krugman and James Fallows’ takedowns of Niall Ferguson’s Newsweek screed against the Obama presidency. Here’s one I hadn’t seen, from the excellent Ezra Klein: Well, this is unusual. On Sunday, Paul Krugman noticed Niall Ferguson writing… Making incorrect predictions (IRAQ) has never stopped serious people from advancing.

Aug 22nd

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“Dellinger: Paul Ryan‘s budget opines that ““high-speed rail and other new...”

– Michael Dukakis “I don’t know what the hell they’re talking about.”

Aug 21st

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Aug 20th

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Aug 19th

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Aug 18th

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Aug 17th

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Aug 16th

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Continuations: Facebook's Real Mobile Problem:... →

joshuanguyen: continuations: The shift of usage away from the web and to mobile is going on in full force. About half of the US population now has a smartphone and that penetration is rapidly growing. That shift has been widely cited as a problem for Facebook. But generally the problem is stated in terms of a smaller… Trend to watch for 2012-2013 as large networks with massive feature sets...

Aug 16th

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Aug 15th

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gary's choices: Please exhale: Israel is not going... →

garysick: Every few months there is a concocted “crisis” involving suggestions that Israel is just on the verge of attacking Iran. This cycle started almost a decade ago, and it has repeated itself roughly annually, though sometimes more frequently. In the early days, these alarms typically began with a… Isn’t it ironic that the irrational actor might be Israel’s leadership...

Aug 15th

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“…true quality is that which succeeds in surprising and moving us. It is not...”

– André Ostertag Wine Library

Aug 14th

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“Active shooter in the area immediately southeast of the intersection of Welborn...”

– It is extremely disturbing that there is a standard discourse for alerting university students that there is a gunman on the loose.

Aug 14th

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