Monthly Archives: February 2013

Computers are incredibly fast accurate and stupid. Human beings are incrediblyslow innacurate and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination. Albert Einstein

As a Frenchman, as a European, I want a diverse Europe in which each nation is managed by its own elected people. If the nation chooses to be poorly managed—so…

The best advice I ever received came from my dad, Don Clifton. It was actually a piece of simple, yet profound wisdom that has shaped my life. 'Your weaknesses will…

Your job as a trader is to make the line [your equity curve] go from bottom left to top right. That's it. Don't get hung up on other supposed "mandates".…

Moody’s and S&P respectively as well as the current ratings outlook. Moody’s – Aaa RatingOutlookAustraliaStableAustriaNegativeCanadaStableDenmarkStableFinlandStableGermanyNegativeIsle of ManStableLuxembourgNegativeNetherlandsNegativeNew ZealandStableNorwayStableSingaporeStableSwedenStableSwitzerlandStableUnited States of AmericaNegative

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust…

Since 2005 the growing trend from the 70's and i guess before that broke.When a big trend brakes like this something big must be happening! In the Calculated Risks Blog…

Brain damage has unleashed extraordinary talents in a small group of otherwise ordinary individuals.Savant skills, Miller argues, emerge because the areas ravaged by disease—those associated with logic, verbal communication, and…

We're Underestimating the Risk of Human ExtinctionWhat technology, or potential technology, worries you the most?Bostrom: Well, I can mention a few. In the nearer term I think various developments in biotechnology…

3.When you meet someone new, treat that person as a friend.  Assume he or she is a winner and will become a positive force in your life.  Most people wait…