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- I keep checking my phone and on-line. I don't actually expect to see @Sub_Evil_Boy in the house, but his electronic silence is deafening. 9 hours ago
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Thinning (apples & colleges)
A photo of apples I thinned from our trees, and news about our massive upcoming college tour. Continue reading
Incentives and cognitive surplus
Via TechDirt I found this very cool video on how our “standard” notions of incentives don’t always work very well, especially when it comes to cognitive work. There’s a ton of cool ideas in the video (and more in the … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Education, Science
Tagged academy, Atlassian, behavior, cognitive work, computer science, freedom, incentives, money, opportunity, Science, TechDirt, UMM, value, Video
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