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Some posts and articles worth reading"The focus on bibliometrics makes papers less useful"  http://www.nature.com/news/the-focus-on-bibliometrics-makes-papers-less-useful-1.16706via @ AcademicsSay Procaffeination. [n] 1. The intentional postponement of academic activities prior to coffee. 2. Prior to tea. (UK)via @ stevenstrogatz  Proof by Clementine, the surface area of a sphere is 4πr²: trace around wide part of clementine x4What percentage of terror attacks in the United States and Europe are committed by Muslims? Guess. Nope. Guess again.  http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/14/are-all-terrorists-muslims-it-s-not-even-close.html "What Good Are Economists?"  http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/are-economists-good-by-robert-j--shiller-2015-01  by @ RobertJShiller  ht @ schulte_stef "Frequent Internet and social media users do not have higher stress levels than those who use technology less often"  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/upshot/technology-has-made-life-different-but-not-necessarily-more-stressful.html "How Many Americans Have Never Shot A Gun?"  https://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/how-many-americans-have-never-shot-a-gun/  by @ MonaChalabi "Sex ratio effects on reproductive strategies in humans"  http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/2/1/140402  ht @ econoclaste "Bad luck and cancer: A science reporter’s reflections on a controversial story"  http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/01/bad-luck-and-cancer-science-reporter-s-reflections-controversial-story  by @ jcouzin economics professors are missing a chance to teach a cardinal lesson about the unchecked rise of prices  http://www.wsj.com/articles/craig-richardson-the-250-econ-101-textbook-1421192341  about $250 textbooks"Found in Translation"  http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120762/arthur-goldhammer-translations-are-vital-bridge-between-french-us  "Arthur Goldhammer is America's finest bridge to French culture""Inflation Doesn't Hurt So Much, Does It?"  http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-01-14/inflation-doesnt-hurt-so-much-does-it  by @ noahpinion "Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans"  http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/01/07/1418680112  via  http://www.vocativ.com/culture/science/study-facebook-knows-better-even-family-friends/ Offensive,  http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2rvsbh/berkeley_breathed_nailed_it_thirty_years_ago/  Berkeley Breathed, in the 1980s, probablywhat blasphemous could mean  https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/09/solidarity-charlie-hebdo-cartoons "What does the geography of incarceration in the U.S. look like?" http://prisonmap.com/ "What would happen if grant reviews were made public?"  http://www.nature.com/news/what-would-happen-if-grant-reviews-were-made-public-1.16691  ah ah, good question... ht @ DevilleSy "How Google "Translates" Pictures into Words Using Vector Space Mathematics"  http://www.technologyreview.com/view/532886/how-google-translates-pictures-into-words-using-vector-space-mathematics/  ht @ DiegoKuonen  impressive!Is the amount of disease-specific NIH funding related to the burden of disease?  http://dotdata.tumblr.com/post/108024313866  by @ DotDataViz "The U.S. may face a serious shortage of toilet paper within a few months..."  http://priceonomics.com/the-great-toilet-paper-scare-of-1973/  back on the big fear of 1973"The Science of Inherited Nostalgia"  http://priceonomics.com/the-science-of-inherited-nostalgia/  indeed, my kids have to listen to the Clash and Pixies"Long working hours and alcohol use"  http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.g7772  ht @ 3wen "Explaining How Economists Explain"  http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-01-12/what-economists-mean-when-they-say-explain  by @ Mark__Buchanan "Early-career researchers who want to speak out must learn how best to communicate..."  http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7533-231a?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews back on those "Hypocritical World Leaders Who Attended Charlie Hebdo Rally"  http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/01/13/lse-student-daniel-wickhams-epic-twitter-takedown_n_6461208.html  by @ DanielWickham93  ht @ egschmitt Maths and Reading Scores, in the US  http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/black-and-hispanic-students-are-making-meaningful-gains-but-its-hard-to-tell/  by @  @ mzinshteyn RT @ Psythor  : I disapprove of you misattributing quotes to Voltaire, but I will defend to the death your right to retweet it."Life Expectancy by Age from 1990 to 2013"  http://healthintelligence.drupalgardens.com/content/life-expectancy-age-selected-country-1990-2013  (see also  http://healthintelligence.drupalgardens.com/content/life-expectancy-progress-1990-2013  ) e.g. in Iraq"On The Origin of Ecological Economics"  http://econospeak.blogspot.fr/2015/01/on-origin-of-ecological-economics.html "Plan to Quit? Big Data Might Tell Your Boss Before You Do"  http://www.newsweek.com/plan-quit-big-data-might-tell-your-boss-you-do-298026?utm_content=bufferdda1f&#38;utm_medium=social&#38;utm_source=twitter.com&#38;utm_campaign=buffer "Sleeping time, on an average day (in min.)"  http://www.oecd.org/berlin/42675407.pdf "How Amazon Tricks You Into Thinking It Always Has the Lowest Prices"  http://recode.net/2015/01/13/how-amazon-tricks-you-into-thinking-it-always-has-the-lowest-prices/ #FF @ naturemethods  see "Nature Methods Starts Statistics Column"  http://community.amstat.org/blogs/steve-pierson/2013/09/04/nature-methods-starts-statistics-column  e.g.  http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v12/n1/full/nmeth.3224.html  ht @ diegokuonen Reservoirs, in California  http://perrytsao.users.sonic.net/water/how-much-water-does-california-have/ "Can Wonks Save Finance From Itself?"  http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-01-11/academics-can-help-save-finance-from-itself  by @ zingales "On Charlie Hebdo: A letter to my British friends"  http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/olivier-tonneau/110115/charlie-hebdo-letter-my-british-friends "Conflicts of Interest in Finance"  http://www.moneyandbanking.com/commentary/2015/1/12/conflicts-of-interest-in-finance only a few companies have mastered the art of paying attention to the consumers already at hand  http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/239602  by @ RyanHoliday "Is Belief in God as Essential to Morality?"  http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/03/13/worldwide-many-see-belief-in-god-as-essential-to-morality/  ("Richer Nations Are Exception") ht @ temptoetiam RT @ katecrawford  There’s a rush to create algorithm to scan your face for emotions. And then use it to sell you stuff  http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/19/know-feel "Men Who Share Selfies Online Show More Signs of Psychopathy, Study Says"  http://time.com/3662838/men-selfies-psychopath-narcissism/  by @ jacklinshi "On the Charlie Hebdo massacre and duelling extremisms"  http://feministing.com/2015/01/08/je-ne-suis-pas-charlie-on-the-charlie-hebdo-massacre/  ht @ xmolenat "Stop Checking Email So Often"  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/opinion/sunday/stop-checking-email-so-often.html  by @ Ja33ko  and @ elizabethndunn "Software that turns data into written text could help us make sense of a coming tsunami of data."  http://www.technologyreview.com/news/533976/robot-journalist-finds-new-work-on-wall-street/  ht @ DiegoKuonen "Time spent eating and drinking on an average day (in min.)"  http://www.oecd.org/berlin/42675407.pdf"Years spent in different activities"  http://www.oecd.org/berlin/42675407.pdf "Life Paths and Accomplishments of Mathematically Precocious Males and Females Four Decades Later"  http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/11/10/0956797614551371.abstract  (via  http://andrewgelman.com/2015/01/08/life-paths-accomplishments-mathematically-precocious-males-females-four-decades-later/  )et un peu de lecture en françaisJoseph Fourier, faire des maths et démontrer des théorèmes tout en étant préfet de l'Isère,  http://www.academie-sciences.fr/activite/archive/dossiers/Fourier/Fourier_pdf/Fourier_Kahane.pdf  ht @ pf_mg  @ a_moatti MT @ amarois  « La plupart des dirigeants ne savent, sur l'informatique, rien. » G. Berry médaille d'or 2014 CNRS  http://sciences.blogs.liberation.fr/home/2014/12/g%C3%A9rard-berry-le-code-%C3%A0-lhonneur.html "En mer, l’éolien serait beaucoup plus payant que le pétrole"  http://www.ledevoir.com/environnement/actualites-sur-l-environnement/428899/en-mer-l-eolien-serait-beaucoup-plus-payant-que-le-petrole  cf  http://www.ledevoir.com/documents/pdf/oceana_140115.pdf  ht @ JeremyBouchez “Nos sociétés refoulent des populations entières hors du corps social”  http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2015/01/14/zygmunt-bauman-nos-societes-refoulent-des-populations-entieres-hors-du-corps-soci?page=all  discussion avec Zygmunt Baumanpensée de @ Maitre_de_conf  : Voici trois jours que les deux machines à café du labo sont en panne.On va dégringoler d'au moins trois lettres dans le classement de l'AERESRT @ monachollet  "Pendant ce temps-là, au Nigeria..." Dessin de Julien Couty, @ Telerama "qui n'a pas compris le côté du ludique de l'économie mathématique n'a rien compris à l'économie"  http://actu-sciences-eco.blogs.liberation.fr/2015/01/14/petit-promenade-dans-la-pensee-de-bernard-maris  ht @ econoclaste "Nigeria : des images satellites témoignent du massacre de Baga"  http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2015/01/15/nigeria-des-images-satellite-temoignent-du-massacre-de-baga_4556480_3212.html#Amb09BRCjbRPg2JR.99 "Bernard Maris.Un humaniste, un penseur critique de l’économie dominante"  http://sms.hypotheses.org/3383  par @ mondesociaux rencontre avec deux femmes yézidies qui ont fui la captivité et les abominations des hommes de l’Etat islamique  http://www.liberation.fr/monde/2014/12/03/le-but-de-daech-etait-de-ne-laisser-aucune-fille-vierge_1156103 damned, j'ai toujours ma pile de copies qui m'attend  https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1039202859427204  (heureusement, après il y aura  https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1022094197804737  )relire Bernard Maris  http://www.alternatives-economiques.fr/page.php?controller=article&#38;action=html&#38;id_article=71132&#38;id_parution=633  (sans paywall) merci @ AlterEcoMag  (ht @ estelle_pi  et merci @ xmolenat  qui relève les coquilles)"Le crayon guidant le peuple...vers un Patriot Act ?"  http://www.arretsurimages.net/breves/2015-01-14/Le-crayon-guidant-le-peuplevers-un-Patriot-Act-id18424  ht @ gunthert "Travailler trop peut conduire à boire trop d'alcool"  http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/201501/13/01-4834876-travailler-trop-peut-conduire-a-boire-trop-dalcool.php  (dommage que l'étude ne soit pas citée...)"Enseignement de l’économie : une occasion manquée ?"  http://alternatives-economiques.fr/blogs/raveaud/2015/01/14/philippe-askenazy-soutient-la-nouvelle-section/  (pour éviter le paywall du monde)pensée de @ LANDEYves  : Acheter une imprimante 3D Imprimer une imprimante 3D Aller rendre la 1ère En imprimer d'autres Ouvrir un magasin d'imprimant…"La défaite Charlie"  http://imagesociale.fr/938  par @ gunthert RT @ econoclaste  : C'est pas moi, c'est @ ChrisChavagneux  qui le dit.  http://www.alternatives-economiques.fr/adieu-a-bernard-maris_fr_art_633_71130.html  oui, c'est compliqué l'économie."Charlie à tout prix ?"  http://blog.mondediplo.net/2015-01-13-Charlie-a-tout-prix "Arrêtez avec le « je me battrai pour vous » de Voltaire !"  http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/hoax/2011/04/14/arretez-avec-le-je-me-battrai-pour-vous-de-voltaire-199690  via  http://www.liberation.fr/politiques/2015/01/13/europe-prisons-voltaire-les-approximations-matinales-de-marion-marechal-le-pen_1179633 liberté d'expression  http://www.courrierinternational.com/revue-de-presse/2015/01/12/a-t-on-le-droit-de-ne-pas-aimer-charlie-hebdo?page=all  "A-t-on le droit de ne pas aimer Charlie Hebdo ?""Google prêt à s’attaquer à l’assurance automobile américain"  http://pro.01net.com/editorial/640474/google-pret-a-s-attaquer-a-l-assurance-automobile-outre-atlantique/ "Ecoutes, Internet, armée : les premières mesures évoquées par le gouvernement"  http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2015/01/12/manuel-valls-promet-une-reponse-exceptionnelle_4554115_3224.html#ZiiyM4dMejRsr3QB.99 "Etat islamique, un monstre providentiel"  http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2014/09/HARLING/50787  ht @ rosselin via @ laurentchemla  "Ils se sont radicalisés en prison, chef !" "Ok, alors on va encadrer Facebook et Twitter".  http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2015/01/12/le-gouvernement-annonce-vouloir-encadrer-davantage-les-reseaux-sociaux_4554254_4408996.html "Patriot Act à la française ?"  http://www.framablog.org/index.php/post/2015/01/11/patriot-act-francais-pour-nous-non "Une union nationale peut-elle naître dans un champ de failles ?"  http://www.telerama.fr/idees/une-union-nationale-peut-elle-naitre-dans-un-champ-de-failles-par-jean-francois-sirinelli-historien,121401.php  par Jean-François Sirinellimétier à risques par Eric Salch (sur  http://www.mediapart.fr/portfolios/dessinons  )c'est sacré, non? (sur  http://www.mediapart.fr/portfolios/dessinons  ) par Rudy Spiessert"plus de 3 millions de personnes ont défilé dimanche en France" (via @ agenceIDE  )"Pour mes élèves de Seine Saint-Denis"  http://tailspin.fr/post/107696839163/pour-mes-eleves-de-seine-saint-denis  ht @ FrancoisTaddei waouh (via @ GrandjeanMartin  ) "Le cygne noir sur l’EURCHF entraîné par la BNS"  http://www.dailyfx.com/actualite_forex_trading/technique/forex/2015/01/15/Le-cygne-noir-sur-lEURCHF-entraine-par-la-Banque-nationale-suisse-1142.html  impressionnantrelire Bernard Maris  http://www.alternatives-economiques.fr/page.php  (sans paywall) merci @ AlterEcoMag  (via @ estelle_pi  )anticonformisme, par @ yvesmontagne  ht @ mapav8  @ cyrilpetit99 "Qu’est-ce que le terrorisme ?"  http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2004/02/DERRIDA/11005  par Jacques Derrida, retrouvé par @ WardaMD Did I miss something interesting?