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Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Further reflections on the Sequestration landfall
In a Friday conversation, a colleague shared that the previous post failed to capture the true cost of Sequestration’s landfall:...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The Sequestration makes landfall.
For as long as any of us can remember, hurricane landfall has been popularly conceived by both the public and...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
New York Buyouts following Hurricane Sandy
On February 3, the New York Times reported that Governor Cuomo had proposed to spend up to $400M to buy...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Gender, Genocide, and Generations in Rwanda…Part 2.
If like me you lead a sheltered life (and most readers of this blog fall into that category), then maybe...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
In Rwanda: Gender, genocide, and generations…
The most moving moments on this trip to Rwanda? These three topics win by a mile. The story threads are...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
In Rwanda… ignorance exposed closer to home.
I’ve been immersed in policy and away from science too long… On day two here in country, the nine of...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
In Rwanda…making my ignorance linear
The previous post suggested that we’re all living in the Age of Nonlinearity. One consequence is that most of us...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Our Age has a name…The Age of Nonlinearity.
“Linear problems are all the same. Nonlinear problems are all different.” – Robert Hooke (1918-2003) My father, a mathematician, once...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
$60B in relief for hurricane Sandy victims? Just a first installment on a $1T bill coming due.
Here’s how we can turn all that into good news. Let’s start with the backstory. When hurricane Sandy came ashore...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
(Some of) Dr. Martin Luther King’s thoughts about science.
Although Dr. Martin Luther King Day will be officially celebrated this coming Monday…fittingly, by Barack Obama’s inauguration as President for...
