How Fractals Can Explain What’s Wrong with Wall Street
The geometry that describes the shape of coastlines and the patterns of galaxies also elucidates how stock prices soar and plummet. [Hat tip to FinanceProfessor.com]
Content: Article | Author: Benoit B. Mandelbrot | Source: Scientific American | Subject: Finance
The Economist Has No Clothes
Unscientific assumptions in economic theory are undermining efforts to solve environmental problems.
Editor’s Note: you may or may not agree with this short article, but it is thought provoking and thus I think worth reading (including the comments)…
Content: Article | Author: Robert Nadeau | Source: Scientific American | Subjects: Economics, Social Responsibility (ESG)
Nathan Myhrvold
Software is a gas. It expands to fill its container…After all, if we hadn’t brought your processor to its knees, why else would you get a new one?
Content: Quotation | Sources: Business 2.0, Scientific American | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business