{"id":860,"date":"2013-12-05T12:51:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T17:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafekinsey.com\/blog\/?p=860"},"modified":"2014-01-31T23:47:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T04:47:01","slug":"links-the-future-of-the-left-tech-intellectuals-self-serve-gas-stations-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rafekinsey.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/links-the-future-of-the-left-tech-intellectuals-self-serve-gas-stations-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"Links: The Future of the Left, Tech Intellectuals, Self-Serve Gas Stations, Etc"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Simon Winchester, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laphamsquarterly.org\/roundtable\/roundtable\/my-first-mistake.php\">My First Mistake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2013\/09\/12\/the-rise-of-the-new-new-left.html\">article<\/a> by Peter Beinart on the future of the left.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Paul Berman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/114781\/parents-should-force-kids-take-music-lessons\">argues<\/a> for music lessons.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Is anyone else as confused as I am about how it&#8217;s possible that a new ligament in the human knee was only <a href=\"http:\/\/well.blogs.nytimes.com\/2013\/11\/13\/a-surprising-discovery-a-new-knee-ligament\/\">just discovered<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/115007\/andrew-wylie-interview-literary-agent-makes-millions-highbrow\">interview<\/a> with literary agent Andrew Wylie.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/technology\/technology\/2013\/09\/changes_at_the_onion_america_s_finest_news_source_adjusts_to_internet_speed.single.html\"><em>The Onion<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Wow, interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.washingtonpost.com\/2013-09-23\/national\/42314943_1_intermune-scott-harkonen-actimmune\">case<\/a>: a scientist criminally prosecuted and placed under house arrest for misleading statistical interpretation in a press release. [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tylerneylon\">Tyler Neylon<\/a>].  Some thoughts: (1) we should be vary wary of criminalizing speech; (2) wouldn&#8217;t civil prosecution be more appropriate anyways; (3) there certainly are big problems with statistical shenanigans; (4) figuring out the right incentive structures for science + capitalism when it comes to medicine is hard; and (5) this notion that <em>p = 0.05<\/em> is the magical threshold is problematic for a lot of reasons, and as they point out perhaps the drug could work for the right population; but (6) later studies seemed much more inconclusive.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Henry Farrell on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democracyjournal.org\/30\/the-tech-intellectuals.php?page=all\">tech intellectuals<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Good points by Matt Yglesias on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/moneybox\/2013\/09\/11\/case_for_a_real_low_cost_iphone.html\">iPhones<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Mary Beard on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/articles\/archives\/2013\/dec\/05\/what-was-greek-to-them\/?pagination=false\">the deciphering of Linear B<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Matt Yglesias on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/moneybox\/2013\/09\/18\/new_jersey_self_service_gasoline_the_madness_must_stop.html\">New Jersey&#8217;s ban on self-serve gas stations<\/a>. He fails to mention another drawback: for millenial members of the New Jersey diaspora who don&#8217;t own a car and rarely drive (all good things that Matt Yglesias, proponent of public transit and cities, would agree with), NJ&#8217;s ban makes it possible never to have pumped one&#8217;s own gas.  This elicits pangs of anxiety whenever the Zipcar gets close to the 1\/4 tank level, and your correspondent (who doesn&#8217;t recall if he has ever pumped his own gas, though he did  help his NY-to-NJ transplant mother do it in Minnesota once, when she&#8217;d forgotten how) starts planning how he&#8217;ll have to go on youtube and watch a video explain how to pump his own gas.  (Or perhaps he can just rely on the memory those Seinfeld American Express ads.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu\/\">online<\/a>, the first volume of the Feynman Lectures. Someday, I&#8217;ll learn physics.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>It seems obvious to me that a financial product that could help people hedge against drops in real estate prices would be a good thing.  So <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704681904576321550230318740.html\">why doesn&#8217;t it exist<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>On <a href=\"http:\/\/spectator.org\/articles\/54858\/looking-through-orwell\">Orwell<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Winchester, My First Mistake. An article by Peter Beinart on the future of the left. Paul Berman argues for music lessons. Is anyone else as confused as I am about how it&#8217;s possible that a new ligament in the human knee was only just discovered? Interesting interview with literary agent Andrew Wylie. 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