Kurt Vonnegut documentary took Robert Weide 40 years to film Sydney Morning Herald. Anthony L: “So he was unstuck in time.”
Imagine that your job is to preserve every word and make it tell a story. Meet the lexicographers behind the OED
This pretty much sums things up
The experts are lying to you - UnHerd.
That figures of authority are so often caught in lies has brought about an erosion of confidence in our institutions. I barely scraped a GCSE in Biology, but when esteemed scientific journals are publishing authors who maintain that “sex is a spectrum”, it gives the false impression that my understanding of the subject is superior to theirs. Experts appear to have forgotten that the legitimacy of their claims is grounded in evidence and research, not by waving around a doctoral certificate.
The impact of technology on finance: A new eBook - VOXEU CEPR: “Recent cutting-edge technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, as well as the expansion of FinTech and BigTech companies into finance, have accelerated the digitalisation of financial services. The fourth report [Download Technology and Finance, the 4th Future of Banking report, here. Darrell Duffie, Thierry Foucault, Laura Veldkamp, Xavier Vives 27 May 2022] in the The Future of Banking series from the IESE Business School and CEPR focuses on three aspects: (i) the disruption of payment systems due to the emergence of digital currencies, with a particular focus on central bank digital currency; (ii) the benefits and risks of the use of massive data for the provision of financial services; and (iii) the electronification of securities trading and its effect on trading costs and market quality.
See also
- Resilience of the financial system to natural disasters Patrick Bolton, Harrison Hong, Marcin Kacperczyk, Xavier Vives
- The bank business model in the post-Covid-19 world Elena Carletti, Stijn Claessens, Antonio Fatás, Xavier Vives
- Sound at last? Assessing a decade of financial regulation: A new eBookPatrick Bolton, Stephen Cecchetti, Jean-Pierre Danthine, Xavier Vives
What Makes Data Personal?
Montagnani, Maria Lillà and Verstraete, Mark, What Makes Data Personal? (June 4, 2022). UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 3, Forthcoming 2023, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4128080 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4128080
“Personal data is an essential concept for information privacy law. Privacy’s boundaries are set by personal data: for a privacy violation to occur, personal data must be involved. And an individual’s right to control information extends only to personal data. However, current theorizing about personal data is woefully incomplete. In light of this incompleteness, this Article offers a new conceptual approach to personal data.Could TikTok Be A Search Engine? For Many Users, It Already Is
Search Engine Journal: “A new generation of web users is utilizing TikTok as a search engine. What does that mean for marketers and publishers?…The growing use of TikTok as a search engine stems from several factors:
- Short attention spans
- Unsatisfactory Google results
- Visual learning styles..”
Reddit Has Hidden Search Tools
Lifehacker – Reddit’s search might be terrible, but you can make it better. “Reddit is an invaluable internet community, but when it comes to search, it’s far from perfect. This network of communities is full of useful information, on-point memes, and interesting debates, but trying to find the specific content you’re looking for is far more difficult than it should be (so much so that many users have taken to simply Googling their issue and adding the word “Reddit.”) But Reddit’s search can be more accurate and useful, if you know how to unlock its potential. Yes, the Google method does work—especially if you add “site:reddit.com” to the begging of your query—but taking advantage of Reddit’s advanced search filters will make your on-site searches more productive, too. The tricks are similar to the ones you can use wit Google to yield better search results, so perhaps a refresher is in order…”
See also via How to Geek – How to Search Reddit More Effectively – Reddit is essentially a fusion of a wide variety of internet resources. It’s like a combination of social media and the BBS/Usenet/forum discussions that used to be prevalent in the early days of the internet (except all fused together into one mega directory). It’s an absolutely massive platform that includes discussion focused on everything from breaking news to incredible niche hobbies. Don’t get us wrong: There is a lot of dumb (and even awful/objectionable) content on Reddit, but there’s also home to a huge amount of helpful user-generated content. From identifying what plants are growing in the flower beds of your new home to figuring out what the obscure error code your 3D printer is throwing out means, there’s a good chance you can use Reddit to do it. In fact, the habit of leaning on Reddit for organic human-driven answers has become so widespread that people have taken to appending their Google search results with the word “reddit” to help filter regular Google search results…”
Where Did the Long Tail Go? The Honest Broker
If aliens are calling, let it go to voicemail Vox
Alexa to add voices of your deceased loved onesThe Hill. Quite a market for that now, I would say.
Tax excess margins Interfluidity
