I’ll share five first principles of intelligent, improvement-oriented swimming. First, is to recognize that, as a human swimmer, you are an energy-wasting machine. DARPA, the… Read More »Terry Laughlin: five principles of intelligent swimming (Total Immersion Swimming)
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What if an hour (two?) of most of your working days remained doggedly unscheduled? Call it slack, or flex, or room to breathe: space for… Read More »Working Supple; or, On not taking up the slack
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A very good introduction.
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This (the Galton Board) is tremendous. If you haven’t seen it, you must, you must. The first video is great, but if you only have… Read More »Statistics: The Galton Board and more
In Case You Were Wondering Niche Species DriverlessCrocodile is a small blog. 30 page views is a slow day; 100+ is busy. 50 people subscribe.… Read More »Non-Marginal: The Tyler Cowen Effect
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