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Assorted links
1. New book on the Ostroms and the Bloomington School.
2. Smart rooks (birds).
3. Mapping North Korea (hail Curtis Melvin!).
4. How introverts travel, and how introverts should travel.
5. Is the Kalevala worth reading?
Posted by Tyler Cowen on May 27, 2009 at 11:41 AM in Web/Tech | Permalink
Comments
I've been following corvid research for a while. Crows can recognize individual humans and will attempt to intimidate humans that capture crows. They will also follow humans known to be bringers of food.
Posted by: kevin at May 27, 2009 12:17:55 PM
Unfortunately, none of the reviews available say much about the message of the book on the Bloomington School. I did a post-doc there in 2001-02, and I argue that Lin Ostrom is both one of the brightest people on the planet and one of the nicest (a combination not always found together). She systematically shaped my own thought, and I look forward to reading this "challenge." As much as I like the Austrian economists, however, I have a hard time imagining that an Austrian approach could provide a serious challenge to the Institutional Analysis and Development framework pioneered by the Ostroms.
Posted by: James Hanley at May 27, 2009 12:58:56 PM
"Chris Bird, a Cambridge zoologist who led the study." No bias, then?
Posted by: dearieme at May 27, 2009 1:53:14 PM
Do other people really travel to meet people? I think this is why cruises have no appeal to me: most of the time you're stuck on a boat with a bunch of strangers with the same sort of entertainment options you could have at home, only more limited. And I hate B&B's; I much prefer a nice impersonal hotel.
Most of my travel is for some sort of purpose--usually an event, or to see people I already know, and then around that I figure out what I'd like to see and do. I'd rather not hire a guide for the same reason I don't enjoy B&B's: it's just a few people, so you feel obligated to be sociable; easier to be part of a big group and let others carry the conversational burden while you just enjoy the sights. Definitely agree about the sitting and watching, especially in restaurants. I am a little more open to "raucous good times" while traveling than at home, partially because I can easily beg off early saying I am tired or jetlagged, and partially because I know what to expect at home while I might do/see/experience something new and different elsewhere.
Posted by: Kat at May 27, 2009 3:09:45 PM
Silly northern hemisphere. The Kea is a far smarter animal than both rooks and Chimpanzees. Of course the Kea has to live in the mountains and rears its young for two years so that's to be expected.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzvonkpwOpk
Posted by: MikeA at May 27, 2009 6:54:14 PM
I keep hearing about how smart crows are but until I see a scientific paper written by a crow about how smart humans are, I'm skeptical
Posted by: neuroskeptic at May 28, 2009 3:46:57 AM
I am not sure whether she is just introvert or also shy? While I would consider myself to be both, I know MBTI tested introverts who do not seem to have any issue striking up conversations with strangers?
Posted by: Someone from the Other Side at May 28, 2009 4:36:13 AM
I Myers-Briggs test out as a borderline extrovert. I am able to start talking to just about anyone anywhere. But after a full day around people, I need time alone with a book to decompress. So I am with her. I NEVER travel without reading material for my decompression time. Overall, this was an interesting piece.
Posted by: techreseller at May 28, 2009 2:48:01 PM
