Rage, Woodward and Data
Mr. Sum started reading Woodward’s Rage yesterday. Fascinating and potentially useful for estimating how data, beliefs and networks play their roles in White House federal… Read More »Rage, Woodward and Data
Fiction
dreams and stories
Serendipity
Yesterday, more or less by chance, Mr. Sum saw on YouTube a conversation between Lawrence Krauss and Noam Chomsky. It was recorded in 2015. Chomsky… Read More »Serendipity
Playing with Worlds
If we must play with toy worlds to see if we can mimic the “natural condition” of Hobbes, it is good to see whether our… Read More »Playing with Worlds
Behind the Reproduction Number
So far I have derived as much insight as possible from two series of simple numbers, thought Mr. Node, the weekly numbers of COVID infections… Read More »Behind the Reproduction Number
Comparing COVID-19 Regimes
It was yesterday, I believe, that I started talking about Trump as nitwit, Mr. Sum considered, warning himself about the ease with which coronavirus data… Read More »Comparing COVID-19 Regimes
Trump as Nitwit
C.E. Sum looked at CNN this morning to see if there was anything special going on in the US. A massive blast in Beiruth. Trump… Read More »Trump as Nitwit
Hobbes, Hofstadter, Feyerabend
An exceptional company. Node puts them side by side to help him present his ABSM approach in a minute. Hobbes because he sees behavioral science… Read More »Hobbes, Hofstadter, Feyerabend
COVID reporting to the White House
Mr. C.E. Sum is a little behind. He continues to be amazed at what is possible today. How entire libraries are within reach and can… Read More »COVID reporting to the White House
Epidemic Fantasies
Kunbei is working on a project in which she studies whether simulation models can help analyze the progress of international law initiatives aimed at regulating… Read More »Epidemic Fantasies
That’s Politics
The coronavirus pandemic is six months old. In the Netherlands we reduced it to manageable proportions. The measures are relaxed. We regret six thousand deaths.… Read More »That’s Politics