I’ve been away from the Internet for a while. Here’s what caught my eye while catching up:
1) A talk on complexity and diversity by Scott Page. Professor Page was a terrific professor to have at Michigan – whip smart and very funny. However much you can watch, do it. Make it to his talk ~7:50 on genetic selection, at least. Update: I’ve watched most of the talk while catching up on my reading. Terrific.
2) Keith Hennessey’s very informative post about what White House economic advisors do. Seriously, read this article just to get a feel for how the White House staff operates in relation to one another.
3) P!=NP? I remember James Somers teaching me about the P=NP problem back when we were sophomores in college, but not much else (James is currently offering 3:1 odds that the proof doesn’t actually contribute to the P=NP problem).
4) The incredible children of the H-1B visa. We need more of them.
5) Iranian politics is much more complicated than just Ahmadinejad.
