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Three more links from Atacama
1. Profile of Art DeVany, via Michael Blowhard.
2. Another excellent David Brooks column: "The System is Winning."
3. Are dreams more negatively biased than reality?
Posted by Tyler Cowen on August 19, 2008 at 04:43 PM in Web/Tech | Permalink
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My favorite theory about dreams is that they are a way for our minds to practice important situations before we encounter them in real life. Hence negative dreams would be evolutionarily advantageous.
Posted by: Bob at Aug 19, 2008 5:52:06 PM
If Brooks is right, doesn't that mean McCain is putting his personal political ambition above his country? Who would ever have thought!
Posted by: Steven Donegals at Aug 19, 2008 8:38:45 PM
Brooks' contention is that following the conventional campaign path is working for McCain. Interesting to wonder if that's true, or if it's more the case that the system is losing for Barack Obama as he's begun to follow the conventional wisdom of tacking to the center and doing the things "you're supposed to do" as a Democratic candidate. I need to look at it more closely, but I'd be willing to bet it's more that the pressure towards conventional paths is more of a losing strategy for Obama than it is a winner for McCain.
Also, "Another excellent David Brooks column"? Is that meant as a joke?
Posted by: jz at Aug 19, 2008 11:07:08 PM
The interview with Arthur Devany mentions that he was talking about a new financial instrument called external securities. Is anybody familiar with his work and has an idea what that instrument is?
Posted by: Prakash at Aug 20, 2008 3:19:49 AM
All people, not just political candidates, should be willing to make sacrifices in order to be in a position to serve their country. And what could be nobler than to sacrifice those things you hold dearest, namely your principles?
Posted by: at Aug 20, 2008 8:24:16 AM
@Prakash: I don't feel like reading the fuzzy google book scan, but a quick search for "Extremal Securities" returned excerpts from Art's book on the subject (especially with regard to Hollywood financing?).
Link:
http://books.google.com/books?id=5P_KrDloaRkC&pg=PA272&lpg=PA272&dq=%22Extremal+Securities%22&source=web&ots=8bMJ4G6yVG&sig=Ab6Ub9V1erk5hzwjroAjGlvSGwc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA202,M1
Posted by: Nate at Aug 20, 2008 12:02:52 PM
