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A series of writings worth reading"Reciprocity as the Foundation of Financial Economics" http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/id=2334127 … via "Probability Theory: the synthesis of commerce and ethics" http://magic-maths-money.blogspot.ca… The central limit theorem, explained with bunnies and dragons http://nytimes.com/2013/09/24/science… (yes, it is the @nytimes)BBC plan to "bring coding into every home, business and school in the UK" http://bbc.co.uk/news/tech … a great idea (a bit too late, but still)"Borrowing from the Future — Except that We Aren't" http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.ca/2013/10/… on @Noahpinion's blog"Forecasting Drug Sales" http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2013/… via http://statschat.org.nz/2013/… see"In the Future Everyone Will Be Fired After Fifteen Minutes" http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.ca/2013/ … by @jneeley78"Newton and the Origin of Civilisation" http://lrb.co.uk/v35/n19/…"Predicting research papers' future citations" http://nature.com/news/formula-predicts … via @KirkDBorne"Changing Education Paradigms""Baldwin effect and overcoming the rationality fetish" http://egtheory.wordpress.com/2013/10/ … via @goulu"A Machiavellian Guide to Destroying Public Universities in 12 Easy Steps" http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/ … via @dettomanzari[Nightmare] http://xkcd.com/1273/ "How hot will it get in my lifetime?" http://theguardian.com/environment/interactive/… nice! seeon the shutdown, http://washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/30/… http://washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/30… or http://washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/10/… (nice series of post)"Creationists on Texas Panel for Biology Textbooks" http://nytimes.com/2013/09/29/education/ …"When elections used to have consequences" http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/ … via @ritholtz"How Long Are Songs?" http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/2013/…"US Male Obesity from 1800-2000: A Long Term Perspective" http://cesifo-group.de/DocDL/cesifo … via @MargRev see e.g. BMI change"First (?) Occurrence of Common Terms in Statistics and Probability" http://stat.iastate.edu/preprint/… via @deagiles"Financial Literacy, Beyond the Classroom" http://nytimes.com/2013/10/06/business/… via @moorehn and @markthomaWhat is the upper bound on our confidence in a mathematical proof? http://gwern.net/Th… via @msgbi"The Mathematical Shape of Big Science Data" https://simonsfoundation.org/quanta/ … via @AaaLee"Canada’s voluntary census is worthless. Here’s why" http://theglobeandmail.com/commentary/… via @azertyworld"What Does a Quadrillion Sour Patch Kids Look Like?" http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/what… via @nytimesbits awesome!"A Stock Called TWTRQ Is Up 1,500 Percent Today Because People Think It's Twitter" http://slate.com/blogs/business_insider/…"The most unisex names in US history" http://flowingdata.com/2013/09/2… see"Rich People Just Care Less" http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/1 …"Rage Against the Algorithms" http://theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/1…"Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? An Examination of Exposure to Economic Theory and Opportunistic Behavior" https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/2312557 … via @tylercowen"The economics of the newspaper business" http://journalismfestival.com/news/… by Hal Varian, via @markthoma"It’s not just people. Corporations are getting more unequal, too." http://washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/…[Shocking footage] "Rebel rocket attack" via @banksyny's http://banksyny.comet toujours quelques articles et billets en français,quand @Bouletcorp réinvente la BD en ligne http://bouletcorp.com/blog/2013/10/08/… via @krstv et @gunthert Superbe!"Les capacités des adultes à maîtriser des informations écrites ou chiffrées" http://insee.fr/fr/themes/document…"Les effets pervers de la 'course aux étudiants' " http://lalibre.be/actu/belgique/publications…"Depuis dix ans, la frénésie sécuritaire est globalement inefficace" http://bastamag.net/art … (interview de @LMucchielli)Douce ♬ France ♬ ... http://lemonde.fr/societe/article/2009/09/23/… (oui, 2009, si la situation a changé, merci de m'en ternir informé)[éducation en France] "Nocivité de l’agrégation" http://commentaire.fr/pdf/… par Fabrice Boutillon"L’université n’est pas adaptée pour les étudiants qui ont un job" http://etudiant.lefigaro.fr/vie-etudiante/news/ … (interview de Denis Fougère)"Réseaux sociaux : notre passivité en question" http://internetactu.net/2013/09/25/ … via @goulu"Qu'est ce que l'identité numérique ?" http://atelier.rfi.fr/profiles/blogs/… "Entretien avec Olivier Ertzscheid" aka @affordanceinfo via @michelguillouDid I miss something?