I'm still wondering how they get around the FAA's strict disapproval. And given the Tesla's horrible press, imagine if we get robots falling out of the sky. But Joshua ignores those for some good, quick economic conjecture.
It's a ladybug's life! Photographer captures the tiny world of insects in crystal-clear detail →
Gorgeous photos
Wreck the Malls →
Average hourly wages of retail workers have fallen by almost 30% (repeat: ALMOST THIRTY PERCENT) over the last forty years, when adjusted for inflation. Noone should wonder why so many people work second or third jobs AND STILL seek help from the government.
A 31-Year-Old Is Tearing Apart the Heritage Foundation →
Ye gods, what a horror story. Roided short-termism. A microcosm of the narrowmindedness and megalomania that's infected US conservatism.
Design Quality and Customer Delight as Sustainable Advantages →
Endogeneity, reverse causation, misunderstanding your sample...
I am regularly delighted by the social scientific thinking behind Gruber's writing. It may not conform to journal format (and he doesn't reference the Literature! ), but scientists thinking about communicating their ideas to a lay audience should study this dude's long-form pieces.
The left thinks business controls the Republican Party. They’re wrong. →
An interview with the great Theda Skocpol.
TS: I think we’ve seen the dissolution of a Republican Party apparatus that was able to enforce discipline. They used to be able to at least throw a blanket over some of the crazies so they didn’t scare everybody in the middle. And it’s been remarkable to see the Democratic Party become a disciplined machine. I never thought I'd live to see that. Harry Reid hasn't lost a single member on any of these votes. And I don't think he will.
EK: What does it mean for the Republican Party going forward?
TS: What’s happening here is unprecedented since the civil war. I'm not saying there’ve never been closures before. I don't think we’ve seen a major party since 1860 threaten to shut down the entire government if they can’t overturn a presidential election. Think of the irony of that. At its birth, the Republican Party was held up by the losing Democrats in the 1860 election who said we will destroy the union if you don't sign onto our agenda. You can call it tactics but that sounds minor. I don't think this is minor.
Boy, would I have egg on my face!
Working on my master's thesis (how sexist is THAT? perhaps I should start referring to it as my "mistress's thesis" to address the gender imbalance) , and I type "monkey-making" instead of money-making. Glad I caught that one, but I'm sure my committee would get a chuckle...
Maybe I should leave it in...
Wonkbook: Obamacare’s Web site is really bad →
Yes, the overwhelming crush of traffic is behind many of the Web site's failures. But the Web site was clearly far, far from prepared for traffic at anywhere near these levels. That's a planning flaw: ...
Good article, but I take issue with this point. If anything, that should be expected. For anyone who's followed online services (MMO videogames come first to mind, but many more) for the past decade, they know that this is the norm. Companies are routinely off by at least one order of magnitude. Essentially, it is impossible to know demand. By now there's enough institutional knowledge amongst back-end-service-delivery folks, and enough effective technological solutions lying around, that the federal exchange should be able to ramp up capacity very quickly.