Humankind has three ways to acquire new knowledge: observation, empiricism, and making shit up. “Social science” needs to decide where its loyalties lie.
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More TED Talks
As a followup to this post. Michael Specter: The danger of science denial Derek Sivers: How to start a movement Alan Siegel: Let’s simplify legal jargon! Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities John La Grou plugs smart power outlets Michael Pritchard’s water filter turns filthy water drinkable Alisa Miller shares the news about the [...]
The Goal: Takeaways & Lessons
Just finished reading Goldratt’s The Goal. Here are the mains points that I got out of it. Business is Science Running a business isn’t guesswork, nor is it black magic or tradition-derived dogma. Running a successful business, whether manufacturing or service or non-profit, depends on crafting a system around continual improvement. There is no one [...]
Of Oil Spills…
This oil spill has me rather depressed. Carl Safina discussed the unimaginable horror as well as can be hoped in his talk last month, but I’d like to make some points about this catastrophe myself, reiterating some of his ideas, along with some of my own: 1) No coverage. New Orleans gets leveled in a [...]
Favorite TED Talks
I listen to a TED Talk a day. The TED conferences host dozens of events every year, and then they share the lectures online for free! Topics range from music to design to technology to physics, and watching the videos lets me sound intelligent in scores of fields. (Secret’s out, I guess.) Here are some of the [...]
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