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Massive road trip, days 7-11
Day 7 started with a vist to Lewis and Clark College, which was interesting if not overwhelming for Tom. It’s a gorgeous campus and the study abroad stuff there is very cool, but it didn’t particular ring Tom’s bells. We … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Travels
Tagged Books, Computing, evergreen state college, evolution, evolutionary computation, freedom of speech, GECCO, independent book stores, lewis and clark college, liberal arts colleges, olympia washington, public liberal arts colleges, Reed College, Research, school, Science, Tom, travel, university
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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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