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Jul 5, 2016

Makinster's Lectures on Eastern Philosophy

A few of weeks ago, I posted a couple of essays I wrote during a Coursera course on Buddhism and meditation. At the time, I also found an excellent introduction to Eastern…

Jul 4, 2016

Listen to My Interview About "the Purge" on KPHX

On Saturday, I discussed the ethics of The Purge on Breakthrough Entertainment on KPHX in Phoenix. While The Purge is a bad horror movie, some of the underlying ethical ideas exposed raise…

Jul 4, 2016

Watch My Interview With Mars One Candidate Heidi Hecht

Watch my interview with Mars One candidate Heidi Hecht. We mostly discussed the economics of interplanetary trade and the applications of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in lagged trading environments. ::youtube{video="xKb9h87snUM"}

Jul 3, 2016

Runaway Trolley, Never Coming Back

The trolley problem is a relatively standard problem in ethics that arose from Phillipa Foot in 1967: Suppose...the driver of a runaway tram which he can only steer from one narrow track…

Jul 2, 2016

Thoughts on Monty Hall

Perhaps the less said about the Monty Hall Problem, the better, as many barrels of ink have been spilt in debate over the correct solution. The Monty Hall Problem is a standard…

Jul 1, 2016

Someone Will Win and It Probably Won't Be You

As MegaMillions marches toward half a billion, its third largest jackpot, it's only been five months since the colossal 1.6 billion dollar Powerball jackpot. The two big jackpot games in the United…

Jun 29, 2016

Read My Article, "Public Financial Management" in Syllabus

Excellent news, everyone. My paper, "Public Financial Management" has just been published by Syllabus , an open access and peer-reviewed journal that publishes original syllabi, assessment instruments, assignments and activities, and articles…

Jun 28, 2016

Brexit Versus Texit

Andrew Gelman is right that potential Scottish independence comes at a cost of losing influence in the larger United Kingdom (UK). However, the political calculus is not quite as Gelman describes. Look…

Jun 27, 2016

An Accidental Math Professor

I was doing an interview recently on how much mathematics is necessary for a graduate. This is all sort of prompted by Andrew Hacker's book, The Math Myth , but more on…

Jun 26, 2016

Tips For Managing Online Courses

I gave an interview to Shannon Lee of Learn How to Become, a website providing resources for students interested in landing the perfect career. The article, about how to succeed in online…