Monthly Archives: October 2010

Exponential Growth Rate of US Stocks since 1871 [ Via Visualizing Economics ]

If you would like to see this chart plotted on a log scale click here. Also, Visualizing Economics has a number of other very interesting projects worth checking out.

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“Peak Data” or “The Capacity Crunch” [From Science]

From this week’s issue of Science comes Filling the Light Pipe by David J. Richardson. This is an important article highlighting a serious challenge facing the both the scientific and policy community. From the abstract: “It has been a landmark … Continue reading

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How Long is the Coastline of the Law: Additional Thoughts on the Fractal Nature of Legal Systems

Do legal systems have physical properties? Considered in the aggregate, do the distinctions upon distinctions developed by common law judges self-organize in a manner that can be said to have definable physical property (at least at a broad level of abstraction)? … Continue reading

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Twitter Mood Predicts the Stock Market

From the physics arXiv comes the interesting paper entitled Twitter mood predicts the stock market. Mike has additional information on the paper over at ETF Central.  However — for those who might be interested — here is the abstract: “Behavioral … Continue reading

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Measuring the Complexity of the Law : The United States Code [Repost]

Understanding the sources of complexity in legal systems is a matter long considered by legal commentators. In tackling the question, scholars have applied various approaches including descriptive, theoretical and, in some cases, empirical analysis. The list is long but would certainly … Continue reading

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Sebastian Seung: I Am My Connectome [ TED 2010 ]

Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our “connectome,” and it’s as individual as our genome — and understanding it could open a new … Continue reading

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