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INCIDENTAL COMICS Words and Pictures by Grant Snider Wednesday, May 23, 2018 Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) The Shape of Ideas Follow Incidental Comics by Email Further Reading Twitter Instagram Tumblr Facebook Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Archive 2018…

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Goodhart's law is an adage named after economist Charles Goodhart, which has been phrased by Marilyn Strathern as: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." [1] One way in which this can occur is individuals trying to anticipate the effect of a policy and then taking actions…

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THE photograph, by Ruth Orkin, was called “American Girl in Italy, Florence, 1951”. Whenever it surfaced, in restaurants, in students’ rooms, on T-shirts, on tote bags, so did the questions for Ninalee Allen Craig, who walked at its heart through a phalanx of Italian men. They stared and leered; one…

A ROYAL wedding is as good a time as any to conduct an audit of the British constitution. Walter Bagehot, the editor of The Economist in 1860-77, argued that the constitution was divided into two branches. The monarchy represents the “dignified” branch. Its job is to symbolise the state through pomp…

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Their bodies pile up by the hundreds, nourishing the Serengeti—and contributing to the circle of life. Every year, 1.2 million blue wildebeest migrate across East Africa, and despite their extraordinary numbers, they can still take you by surprise. “It’s like magic,” says Amanda Subalusky from Yale…

You are likely reading this because I took a very very very long time to respond to your email. My Southern mother, if she understood the social norms of the internet, would be appalled at my poor online manners of not responding to you in a timely fashion. For that, I apologize. I’m realizing we…

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BEFORE Damascus was associated with the tyranny of the Assads, father and son, it was known for roses and for the tiny perfumed apples that grew in Zabadani, to be sold in season in baskets made of paper. Long before Aleppo became a bombed-out ruin, it was famous for pistachios. And Ghouta, now a…

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Don McLean/Capitol Records A long, long time ago... Don McLean says his original lyrics reveal "everything there is to know" As the original manuscript for Don McLean's 1971 classic is sold at auction, fans may finally discover what his "Song of the Century" is really about. So what are the popular…

THE words “Unite Students” are emblazoned on Aston University’s residence halls and on signs all over campus. They are the name of a firm that builds, buys and manages student accommodation across Britain. Last year Unite Students bought all 3,000 of Aston’s on-campus bedrooms for £227m ($313m) in…

Another week, another paywall. This time, it’s Bloomberg, which announced that it would be adding a comprehensive paywall to its news service and television channel (except TicToc, its media partnership with Twitter ). A paywall was hardly a surprise , but what was surprising was the price: the…

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