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Nate Silver and Nassim Taleb
I have read books by both Silver and Taleb in the last couple years. Both authors have significantly changed my thinking about the world.
The Signal and the Silence looks at Silver and Taleb. It is a good review. My only real question is about the opening section, where the fate of the 2011 Boston Red Sox is described as “the worst collapse in Major League Baseball history.” I still have not recovered from the 1969 Chicago Cubs.
Too many books
In Church this morning some announced that there was a group being formed to read and discuss the recent book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. I have heard good things about this and my first reaction was Sure, I should get the book, read it, and join the group. My second thought was Wait a minute, I am reading several books already. My third thought was Just how many books am I reading now? So I made a list. Here it is, in no particular order or organization:
Sir Francis Walsingham
Coming soon to Barnes and Noble
Life Imitates Art
Tom Lehrer: “I’ve often thought I’d like to write a mathematics textbook someday because I have a title that I know will sell a million copies; I’m gonna call it Tropic of Calculus.” (1965)
Steven Strogatz, The Joy of x (2012)
To the publishing industry:
Amazon is going to destroy the Big 6, destroy bookstores, destroy 95% of all agents, destroy distributors (Ingram, Baker & Taylor), and revolutionize the publishing industry by becoming the dominant force.
If you are any of the above I mentioned, you probably want to blame Amazon.
You’d be wrong.
Most of the blame falls upon that person you see in the mirror.
Striking a pose
Windycon 38
Windycon 2011
We spent this past weekend in Chicagoland, at Windycon, as we did in 2008 and 2009 (Also see these posts). Our old friend Frank Hayes was Music GOH and Christian Ready was Toastmaster, so we had been looking forward to this. We were not disappointed. Continue reading
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 