Magnitude Matters

Imagine a large group of people (perhaps it would be better to consider groups of peoples) on a quest to conquer a very large, uninhabited c...

Gun rights are dead. Long live gun rights! Caplan offers some great insight  into the Briggs-Tabarrok Effect, a study which shows that gun a...

I was asked to comment on this tweet from Michael Pollan and the study he references: Michael Pollan ( @michaelpollan ) 11/19/13, 7:11 P...

We start with a cool invention: the invisible bicycle helmet . James Altucher bundles some great life advice in this collection of lessons...

Which will come first?  Most major U.S. corporations do not have company-owned personal computers  or Most major U.S. corporations have...

The more I read about pirates the less I think the Jack Sparrow saga is based on true events. (HT: Tyler Cowen) What do you mean the cost...

A recent conversation with a relative who I am quite sure is a very good teacher got me thinking about the conventional wisdom regarding tea...