Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir 2.0 — Sleep
A stunning glimpse of the future of the new media:
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APEE update — Elinor Ostrom
I’m looking forward to learning new things at my APEE session tomorrow on “Hayek and Rand on Values.” The panelists are Emily Chamlee-Wright, Steve Horwitz, Edward Hudgins, and William Kline, each of whom knows a lot about both Hayek and Rand. At the opening banquet tonight, we heard an address from Lin Ostrom, 2009 Nobel
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Are babies born to dance?
“Babies Are Born to Dance, New Research Shows” is the headline of a recent report in Science Daily: “Researchers have discovered that infants respond to the rhythm and tempo of music and find it more engaging than speech.” Data like this connect with key issues about mind-body integration. Music seems to be central to every
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Atlas Shrugged is really a documentary, datum #217
In the Atlas Shrugged chapter entitled “Wyatt’s Torch” (1.10), Rand has the increasingly desperate central planners pass the “Public Stability Law,” one provision of which states that “All the manufacturing establishments of the country, of any size and nature, were forbidden to move from their present locations.” In the novel’s collapsing economy, many companies are
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Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour coming to Rockford
I’ll be speaking as part of the final panel for the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour at Rock Valley College. Friday, April 15, 2011 from 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM (CT) Rock Valley State College Student Center Atrium 3301 N. Mulford Road Rockford, IL 61114 Further information.
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Camille Pissarro in Illinois?
Two images, the first taken on a walk yesterday near my home in Illinois. This is the northern part of the state in early spring. The second is one of my favorite Pissarro landscapes, Chestnut Trees at Osny, painted in northern France circa 1873. That coincidence makes me happy.
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Hans Rosling’s magic washing machine
Count me a huge fan of Rosling’s work: See also his “200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes.”
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Homework, race, and success in life
This chart, based on a Bureau of Labor Statistics time-use survey of teenagers, presents data for four racial/cultural groupings: Asian, non-Hispanic white, Hispanic, and black. If the data are accurate, how far does the chart go towards explaining differentials across the races in grades, graduation rates, employment rates, and income levels? Also interesting is the
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