Hovertext:Hope is like the salt in the recipe, which really makes all the other ingredients come alive.
Hovertext:I spent way too long trying to find a way to combine a word for mom with the word 'oligarch.'
Hovertext:If Turing was so smart, why didn't he anticipate this??
Hovertext:You know I was about to write a book about evil statisticians, but Tim Harford's last book convinced me that even statistics can be used for good.
Hovertext:Based on a conversation I had on twitter but couldn't find again! If you're out there, person I talked with, ping me and I'll post it.
Hovertext:Also he NEVER asked stupid questions.
Hovertext:Later it turns out that's just Jeff Bezos listening.
Hovertext:This is actually a test to see if you have the emotional compartmentalization necessary to work in telemarketing.
Hovertext:And I call this philosophy Angry Buddhism.
Hovertext:Best Westphalian Sovereignty joke all week.
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