Category Archives: All Over The World

Stuff happens all over the place really

Running Out Of Cass?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

Cass Sunstein Q&A on Radio 4′s “Analysis” programme Here’s a top-up for behavioural economics enthusiasts: Edward Stourton hosts a Radio 4 programme on how the use of Nudge theory in government has gone so far – “liberal paternalism“, if you’re … Continue reading →

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Start The Week: on “big data”

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

Start The Week (Radio 4): Big Data Here’s a link to this morning’s Start The Week, discussing “big data” and mathematical modelling of data. Well worth a listen. Contributions are from James Owen Weatherall on physicists in finance, Marcus du … Continue reading →

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Kahneman in conversation with Evan Davies and Prof Paul Dolan

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

Kahneman discusses Thinking Fast And Slow at LSE with Evan Davies and Paul Dolan For those interested in psychology and behavioural economics, here is a quick link via Prof Paul Dolan’s site to an hour’s discussion between Evan Davies, Dolan … Continue reading →

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Speaking Up For “Introverts”

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

As one who ends up more on the introvert side than extravert when I do a Myers-Briggs test, this TED talk by Susan Cain resonated with me. At last, one of us has managed to survive the glare of attention … Continue reading →

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Proust Wasn’t A Neuroscientist: Another Icarus Falls

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

Another young journalistic Turk bites the dust: LA Times: Jonah Lehrer resigns, book recalled over invented quotes. Having read and enjoyed some of his stuff, I feel more than a little betrayed. But it’s a reminder of the pressure on … Continue reading →

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Driving Our Man Machines Towards Distraction: Nicholas Carr’s “The Shallows”

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

The Sunday Times described it as a “bold reactionary book” – and so it is. I’ve just finished reading Nicholas Carr‘s The Shallows (subtitle: How the internet is changing the way we read, think and remember). Its main point is … Continue reading →

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More Brooks – TED talk on reasons to be cheerful about the revolution

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Brooks TED talk on The Social Animal This entertaining, brief talk gives a flavour of the book. Must read his book about our feted but ludicrous social elites, with a great title: Bobos in Paradise. I think he writes mainly … Continue reading →

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An Insight on Qual Analysis: from David Brooks’s “The Social Animal”

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

On my recent visit to the US I finally got around to buying The Social Animal (Random House, 2011) – subtitled The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement – by New York Times writer David Brooks. I’m reading it … Continue reading →

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A Nice Throw-Back: Ads That Are Actually Funny

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

I had a week in the USA this month and caught this series of ads in between my son’s Lego Ninjago cartoons. There are several in the campaign and nearly all are laugh-out-loud funny. Great job by Grey New York. … Continue reading →

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Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film goes to … The Shore

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

Don’t worry, I’m not claiming credit for it. But great that a short film called The Shore, set and made in my native Northern Ireland, won an Oscar last night. I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m of course heavily … Continue reading →

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