Nassim Nicholas Taleb is “irritated,” he told Bloomberg Television on March 31st, whenever the coronavirus pandemic is referred to as a “black swan,” the term he coined for an unpredictable, rare, catastrophic event, in his best-selling 2007 book of that title.
Month: April 2020
What a WoW virtual outbreak taught us about how humans behave in epidemics
When it comes to a global pandemic, human beings are the ultimate wild card. That makes it challenging to build accurate mathematical models to predict how the progress of the disease will play out.
Night Owls For Life
If you’re just not a morning person, science says you may never be, over at Vox.
Back in the day I found a second hand copy of War and Peace where the previous owner used rubles as bookmarks.
Me to the 2yo: what do you want to be when you grow up?
2yo: Cool.
Cut Your Own Records with the Easy Record Maker
Sound artist & designer Yuri Suzuki has designed the Easy Record Maker, an affordable machine for cutting your own records. Suzuki explains how it works on Instagram: To cut a record, you simply play audio through an aux cable and lift the cutting arm onto a blank disc.
This adorable tiny record maker lets you cut your own 5-inch vinyl singles
Vinyl has been coming back for the last few years, but unlike MP3s, CDs, or even cassette tapes (also coming back), records aren’t easy to record on your own. This tiny toy record maker makes it easy, though you probably shouldn’t expect that famous vinyl sound quality.
Chris Ware’s “Bedtime”
“As a procrastination tactic, I sometimes ask my fifteen-year-old daughter what the comic strip or drawing I’m working on should be about—not only because it gets me away from my drawing table but because, like most kids of her generation, she pays attention to the world.
Dogwoods
The dogwoods are in bloom. So that’s something.
