Sampling bias; or, small n
Sampling bias is the error caused by assuming that a sample is representative of the whole population when it is not. It is the error… Read More »Sampling bias; or, small n
Hannah Arendt on speech and action, equality and distinction
Human plurality, the basic condition of both action and speech, has the twofold character of equality and distinction. If men were not equal, they could… Read More »Hannah Arendt on speech and action, equality and distinction
Seth Godin on market pressure
I would add: Where is your market pushing you? Recommended as always.
Recommendation: Matheus Portela on Double Entry Bookkeeping
At its core, accounting is about keeping track of countable things over time. Some of the oldest documents archelogists have found register quantities in old… Read More »Recommendation: Matheus Portela on Double Entry Bookkeeping
The Green is in the Grey; or, Pelaksanaan
Pelaksanaan – Indonesian – the process, method or action of doing something. Implementation. Execution. “Carrying out.” “The green is in the grey” (hat tip JR)… Read More »The Green is in the Grey; or, Pelaksanaan
Vital Signs
Pointers Menurut saya, dari filsafat, adanya Tuhan bukan sesuatu yang bisa dibuktikan. Tapi ada petunjuk-petunjuk yang bisa menunjuk bahwa Tuhan itu ada, dan kita diciptakan.… Read More »Vital Signs
Discounting the future less
A bird in the hand In the absence of a conveniently pithy definition from elsewhere on the internet, to discount the future means to place… Read More »Discounting the future less
Herodotus’ Xerxes on futility, suffering, risk-taking and action
… and hubris. Long, and worth it – like the Histories as a whole. The king [Xerxes] took his seat… and looking down over the… Read More »Herodotus’ Xerxes on futility, suffering, risk-taking and action
Thinking in Bets, 425BC Edition (Herodotus on planning and risk)
“The best benefit of good planning is this: if one is thwarted by some setback, nevertheless one has the sense that the plans were well… Read More »Thinking in Bets, 425BC Edition (Herodotus on planning and risk)
Neal Stephenson on Victorian literature
Miss Bowlware taught them History of the English-Speaking Peoples, starting with the Romans at Londinium and careening through the Norman Conquest, Magna Carta, Wars of… Read More »Neal Stephenson on Victorian literature