Games and simulation software. System dynamics and modeling.
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Project Cybersyn: Chile's attempt to manage its economy through cybernetics pre-Pinochet: 99percentinvisible.org/episo…
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Tex-Mex: the most important and least understood regional cuisine in the US. eater.com/2018/3/7/17081968/… – at San Francisco, CA
Why do we have pom-poms on knit hats? Blame 19th-century knitting techniques, not Mike Nesmith theoutline.com/post/868/why-…
First-time innovations are often
buggy partly because reality has a surprising amount of hard-to-notice detail: johnsalvatier.org/blog/2017/…
At our current 1.1% global growth rate, humans will overpopulate the known universe in 8,604 more years. youtu.be/lpj0E0a0mlU?t=418
If the Moon were solid gold, how far away would it have to be to not be economical to mine it? space.stackexchange.com/ques…
San Francisco airport tower chatter (and other airports) with ambient music listentothe.cloud/
Avoiding traps in software development with systems thinking:medium.com/@Smrimell/escape-…
How video games and Nintendo’s first dedicated sound designer changed popular music: newyorker.com/culture/cultur…
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Gambletron odds of a Greek Eurozone exit briefly exceeded 50% on Sunday but has settled back to around 30% gambletron2000.com/europe/12…
Why are stories about US colleges and universities are down over the past ten years? buff.ly/1ICq7VV
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Here's a more recent article on the proton that hit the earth's atmosphere at nearly the speed of light: buff.ly/1IE8seU
In 1991 a single cosmic ray proton collided with the atmosphere with as much energy as a brick falling on your toe. fourmilab.ch/documents/OhMyG…
Watching Alan Curtis' 2002 documentary "The Century of the Self" on the birth of PR, propaganda, and Edward Bernays: vimeo.com/75776128
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A science book that you read by playing interactive simulations. A tour de force by @cgingold. earthprimer.com/
Why a medieval shirt would have cost at least $3,500 in current dollars and older single women were called spinsters: sleuthsayers.org/2013/06/the…
@michaelaroberto Congratulations on the launch of your new organizational behavior simulation! michael-roberto.blogspot.com… Love the video.
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Inspirational talk by @worrydream about the emergent medium of simulation, interaction, and connection: vimeo.com/115154289#t=24m42s