Archive for July, 2009
Why we don’t like to think chance is the reason behind great stories
Posted by Paul 3 July 2009The Triumph of the Random
From banking to baseball, winning streaks owe much to the laws of chance
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204556804574261942466979118.html
This is a great article from the Wall St Journal about how chance and randomness plays a huge part in our lives but we all want to see patterns and believe success is due to hard work [...]
Something to Remember from Eric Schmidt of Google in answer to a question from Jeff Jarvis of Buzz Machine
Posted by Paul 3 July 2009This is a great short video of Eric Schmidt of Google at the Aspen ideas Festival.
It covers some interesting areas but I was particularly struck in his answer to a follow up question on whether the economy has fundamentally changed. His answer was ” I would like it to be true but my question to [...]