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• Saturday at PIFF:
  • Bal(t)imoron: http://www.radicalcontrapositions.com/left_flank/?s=piff This is actually the search page for "PIFF" which now includes this year's articles. Just scroll down a little to get to 2007.
  • Michael van der Galien: Hey man, the link to the reviews of 2007 doesn't seem to be working. It just leads me to the normal, general page.
• Black Swans and Charlatans:
  • Bal(t)imoron: "His Edge essay provides an excellent introduction to his thinking, but his books are essential." If you can expand on the particulars of this work, please do. I'm in no way a statistics expert. Both diavloggers fault him on his writing, too. Is Taleb worth the cost of a book and the...
  • Tobias: Taleb criticized? Critiqued, maybe, but they definitely seem strongly sympathetic to Nassim Nicholas Taleb's way of thinking. His Edge essay provides an excellent introduction to his thinking, but his books are essential.
• Dumbfounded:
  • Bal(t)imoron: @ gordsellar: I would be interested in more info about this colony. But, most South Koreans should have the choice without having to change their entire lifestyles. Of course, not having to pay so much and worry so much about your child's future would be a lifestyle change. The effect on the housing market...
  • gordsellar: I know a few people with similar opinions, though not quite as lucidly expressed as that. Actually, there's at least one village of people (urban, very educated types) who decided to just drop out of the rat race in Seoul and live in the countryside to get away from all that insanity. Anyway...
• Teddy and Michelle at the DNC (Updated with Video):
  • Bal(t)imoron: @ Brendan: #2 is definitely what this site is about!

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