Category: Data

Commentary, Data, Philosophy of Science

Can money buy you happiness? On comfort science.

In what has become the accepted wisdom, income does not increase your happiness over some level – usually at around 75000 USD / year. But in a recent paper on PNAS that claim was shown to be false…or was it? The debate that has been raging about the paper since it came out has been really interesting to follow and there are essentially two different … Continue reading Can money buy you happiness? On comfort science.

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Cognitive Science, Contemporary patterns, Data, Technology

Writing the history of this moment

At the end of the New York Times article detailing the decision by Twitter to de-platform president Trump, there is a short note that hides a real, and vexing problem: Beyond muting Mr. Trump’s biggest megaphone, Twitter’s decision could create headaches for the Trump administration when it comes to complying with the Presidential Records Act of 1978, which requires the preservation of presidential materials and … Continue reading Writing the history of this moment

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