TED Talk: Ashraf Ghani... How to fix broken states ...

TED Talk: Helen Fisher... The science of love, and the future of women ...

Shermer on Science... Much of what gets published in scientific journals and is help up as “good science” these days is just an excuse for the authors to show off their math skills.  Never mind whether the mathematical models being used correspond to the reality they are supposed to be describing.  There is strong...

TED Talk: Richard Dawkins... After watching about 150 of the TED talks from archive, and around 100 live ones, I’ve collected a few favorites.  I’ll try to post one of them a day.  Let me know what you think! The universe is queerer than we can suppose ...

Complex Links: TED... I attended the TED Conference this year for the first time.  It was a transformative experience, one that I hope everyone can have in some form or another before too long.  One way to simulate being there is watch as many of these incredible talks from past TED conferences as you can in a short period of...

X Prize Annuity Funds... In the March 9, 2008 Sunday Magazine section of the NY Times, Freakonomics authors, Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt wrote about an idea I shared with them (with my permission of course). Given all of the interest and critique that’s resulted, I am posting the original conception below and encourage...