Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

  • Incentives, belief in incentives, the left, the right and moral hazard (Weekly Roundup 132: A Curated Linkfest For The Smartest People On The Web)
  • June 20, 2011 – “Or let’s put it another way. The left believes that if people are going to behave well, they will do so regardless of (or with little regard to) material incentives. The right believes the incentives are really important. (You can see this same division in the debate over competition in the NHS, or privatisation and market discipline in general.) We might draw the conclusion that people project their own self-image onto everyone else – and therefore left-wingers believe they are not influenced by incentives, while right-wingers believe themselves to be guided only by incentives. But that’s also too simplistic.”

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

Just some stuff that I've read recently and found interesting…

  • Solar Fire Breakthrough
  • May 10, 2011 – Major breakthrough at Factor e Farms. They’re a group of citizen scientists that are building what they call the “Global Village Construction Set”. It’s 50 different technologies that you need to create a modern society but available for anyone. For example, plans for a tractor and a clay brick compactor. They design/build them and put the plans online. And it’s all open source!

    Today’s announcement is that they’ve mapped out they’re new solar generator! It’s going to be steam powered and operational in September. Great news!

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