Michael “Liar’s Poker” Lewis has a fantastic, captivating piece on the Irish econopocalypse in the new Vanity Fair. Lewis ranges freely from slice-of-life observations about Dublin as a city occupied by foreign management consultants trying to figure…
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Notes on the upcoming monster-sized authorized Heinlein biography
Over on Tor.com, senior editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden has some notes on the upcoming monster authorized Heinlein biography, whose first volume, Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1 (1907-1948): Learning Curve goes on sale on Augus…
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Visual study guide to cognitive biases
“Cognitive Biases – A Visual Study Guide by the Royal Society of Account Planning” is a short slide-show aimed at helping you remember all the major types of cognitive bias. This might just be my favorite subject at present: it’s so fascinating to rem…
Free chapter of forthcoming book on the mysterious creator of Calvin and Hobbes
Nevin sez, “To drum up interest in my forthcoming book “Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and his Revolutionary Comic Strip,” I am offering interested readers a sample chapter from the book, which comes out on Oc…
