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  • Data Show California Is a Living Example of the Good Intentions Fallacy

    Data Show California Is a Living Example of the Good Intentions Fallacy0

    During a speech at Harvard several years ago, Charlie Munger related a story about a surgeon who removed “bushel baskets full of normal gallbladders” from patients. The doctor was eventually removed, but much later than he should have been. Munger, the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, wondered what motivated the doctor, so he asked a surgeon who

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  • Data on Amazon Rainforest Fires Tell a Much Different Story Than Social Media

    Data on Amazon Rainforest Fires Tell a Much Different Story Than Social Media0

    “Our House Is on Fire” It is hard to miss the news reports on the fire in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Millions of people are calling for immediate action on social media and, with a limited amount of prior knowledge, there is little surprise that much of what is being reported is inaccurate. A

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  • Data Brokers, Advertisers, and Governments: The Market for Your Personal Information

    Data Brokers, Advertisers, and Governments: The Market for Your Personal Information0

    A few years ago, I tried to find out what kind of information data brokers had stored about me. But as it turns out, viewing specific information is difficult. I visited at least half a dozen sites without finding any clear way to request my data. Even when dealing with the company that did eventually

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  • Dark Winter of a Grand Old Party

    Dark Winter of a Grand Old Party0

    It has been a dreadful three months for the Grand Old Party.           On Nov. 3, President Donald Trump seemed to have lost the White House by narrowly losing three crucial blue states he had won in 2016—Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania—and Georgia and Arizona as well. Trump immediately mounted an acrimonious two-month

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  • Dark Clouds and Silver Linings: Hope in Our Age of Anxiety

    Dark Clouds and Silver Linings: Hope in Our Age of Anxiety0

    Recently a friend who works as an editor for a large homeschool company told me his supervisors had temporarily assigned him to the admissions department. “In June,” he explained, “our enrollments were up 35 percent, in July they were up 100 percent over the previous July, and now it’s mid-August and we’ve already broken that

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  • Daniel Webster’s Secret to Intellectual Growth

    Daniel Webster’s Secret to Intellectual Growth0

    If you’ve been following Intellectual Takeout for some time, you’ve probably discovered that we’re big fans of reading. Part of our encouragement for reading stems from the fact that nearly one in three Americans didn’t read a book in 2015. That’s a problem, particularly since reading expands our thoughts and equips us to make informed

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