An investment in knowledge
I was at after work drinks a month or so ago, and one of my work colleagues invited his daughter and wife along, who had... Read More
So, what’s it like to manage 30 billion dollars? You don’t feel like a lucky chicken?
Last week I went to a talk by David Harding of Winton Capital Management. He is an impressive speaker, as someone who is the “H”... Read More
Missing dumbbells and the future of space travel
I have been listening to the complete Sherlock Holmes collection, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Listening to the stories consecutively, it is possible to see... Read More
Logic and the First World War
“From this proposition it will follow, when arithmetical addition has been defined, that 1+1=2.” —Principia Mathematica Volume I, 1st edition, page 379 Bertrand Russell and... Read More