Nassim Taleb: Masks Matter - Here's The Model!

In fact masks (and faceshields) supplemented with constraints of superspreader events can save us trillions of dollars in future lockdowns (and lawsuits) and be potentially sufficient to stem the pandemic...

  • Jun 15, 2020 10:28 AM

How Much Do US Cities Spend On Policing?

Out of Baltimore's operating budget more than a quarter of funding is allocated to policing, some $536 million. Spending on policing per person is the highest of any major city in U.S. at $904...

  • Jun 14, 2020 11:00 PM

'The Modelers' Thought Of Everything Except Reality

Future historians will be astonished to ruminate about what we did here... Slogans like “flatten the curve” massively oversimplify social processes and human choices, and presume to know far too much about cause and effect...

  • Jun 14, 2020 3:30 PM

8 Simple Steps To End The Lockdown: Say Yes, Not No

...no one likes to admit they’re wrong, particularly when the errors are huge and so stupid beyond belief. That’s never going to happen voluntarily, at least without some encouragement or a sweetener...

  • Jun 14, 2020 12:13 PM