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Uncertainty Wednesday: The Problem with P-Values (Intro)
Albert Wenger – Mar 28, 2018
As promised for some time, today in Uncertainty Wednesday, I will talk about p-values and what makes them so problematic. We will once again look at a super simple example by going back to considering a coin flip. As before [...] Read more
World After Capital: Laying a Foundation (Optimism)
Albert Wenger – Mar 26, 2018
NOTE: The following section is the beginning of Part One of my book World After Capital. I have been posting revisions here most Mondays. Part One: Laying a Foundation In an earlier version of this book I attempted to skip [...] Read more
FOSTA Must Be Challenged in Court
Albert Wenger – Mar 23, 2018
The United States Senate passed the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA). The putative intention for the bill, fighting sex trafficking is a good intention. I completely agree that sex trafficking is a horrible crime [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Interlude
Albert Wenger – Mar 21, 2018
Before covering p-values and why they are so problematic, I thought it would be a good idea to provide a bit of a recap of Uncertainty Wednesday. I have been writing this series for almost two years now, beginning summer [...] Read more
Back from the Mountains
Albert Wenger – Mar 19, 2018
I was mostly offline last week skiing in the Alps. I love skiing for many reasons: I find it a great way to experience flow state and it combines being outdoors with vigorous exercise (especially when skinning or bootpacking up [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Correlation the Bayesian Way
Albert Wenger – Mar 7, 2018
After a short break of a few weeks, Uncertainty Wednesday is back! My last post had been the third part in a series on “Spurious Correlation” which ended with “Interestingly, this takes me to the edge of my own knowledge [...] Read more
World After Capital: Digital Technology (Universality)
Albert Wenger – Mar 5, 2018
NOTE: Today I am continuing with publishing revisions to my book World After Capital. This is the second half of the chapter on the incredibly properties of digital technology. If you missed it, the first half of the chapter is [...] Read more
Hiring New Analysts (Update 2)
Albert Wenger – Feb 26, 2018
A second quick update on our analyst hiring process (previous update, original announcement). We have now reviewed all applications. We will be reaching out this week to all candidates, starting with those who have made it to the next stage, which will be telephone interviews. Read more
Architecture and Basic Income
Albert Wenger – Feb 26, 2018
On Friday afternoon I met with a class of architecture students who are researching the relationship between architecture and basic income. This strikes me as a super important issue to work on. One of my contentions in World After Capital [...] Read more