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Tractatus Academic-Capitalismus

An Academic Capitalist savors his unfashionable pursuits.

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The Language of the Gods in the World of Men

Sheldon Pollock’s magisterial work of scholarship, a winner of The Coomaraswamy Book Prize,…

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An Amazing Week! Schwab Fellows, Combating Anti-vax, CMU IFF, Lorentz Transformation

I suppose this is my version of John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight….

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The Next Quantum Revolution?

Had a great trip to the SF area! The weather was perfect….

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Beyond OrganJet: Nudge Videos to Increase Organ and Tissue Consent from Legal Next-of-Kin

In 2010, after a dinner conversation with Baris Ata, I came up with…

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Looking Back: October 7, 2017

It was so exciting to receive a box (on February 9th, 2017)…

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The Big Shortage

The Big Short is a biographical comedy-drama film based on the book The Big Short: Inside…

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November 24: 1664 and 2021

As I was getting ready to begin Thanksgiving break, I received this…

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007 (Time to Die)

I am sorry to say this, but the latest James Bond film…

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Supply Chain for Quantum Technologies

Yes, you read that right. This is not Quantum Computing for Supply…

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Planned Spontaneity and The Next Pandemic

I was having a civilized lunch with Davide (USRA/NASA), David and Maximiliano…

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Back to the Future

Back to the Future is a science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It stars Michael…

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Conspicuous Leisure

Easily one of the most memorable scenes from Downton Abbey is when Maggie…

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Show, Memory

September 1991. Bright sunny day, with a mild breeze. Standing in line…

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Buffering of Flying Qubits

Some of you may remember – I mentioned it in Portrait of…

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Holy Grail of Holy Grail

It is always fun when the research you are working on is…

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