Readings of the week…
I think these are from November 9th - 15th.
- Bruce Mau’s Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
I love this little inspirational list of things you can do to keep growing. - Making Health Care Better by David Leonhardt
This was a NYT Magazine cover article, and it definitely has the quality of one. This one in particular pertains to evidence-based medicine, and I appreciated it for its modest view on the often-controversial topic. It’s important to me to keep in mind that these sorts of data-driven techniques are extremely valuable and useful, but there’s certain situations in which they don’t work. I think, also, that it’s interesting in that the methods developed here allow for some opportunity for doctors to trust their intuition, and that balance is good. - “Just add an egg” - Usability, User Experience and Dramaturgy by Harry Brignull
You hear these types of points being made all the time in the design world, so that isn’t exactly unique, but there’s something about this story that really sticks for whatever reason. - What computer science can teach economics by Larry Hardesy
Mixing what we know about computer science (P =NP, anybody?) and game theory, we can make some new arguments about human behavior. Interesting whenever these esoteric thoughts come back to being an accurate reflection of human behavior.
