Originally posted on Eternal Optimality:
On dynamic optimization, both in this life and eternally. So teach us to number our days, that we may get a heart of wisom. Psalm 90:12 ESV Photo by Aaron Burden on Pexels.com There is a short story by William Somerset Maugham titled The Lotus Eater. It describes a man…
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Beyond preference: a response to Daniel Ooi
Daniel’s excellent blog is full of absolutely delightful reads and I can’t recommend them enough. It’s very refreshing to read reflections on economics of religion written by a fellow Christian economist. Daniel and I are on very different pages as far as economics goes, though, and there are a few things in particular on whichContinue reading “Beyond preference: a response to Daniel Ooi”
No Such Thing as a Free Thinker
If Rory Stewart is remembered for one thing, it will be the effort he spent in disabusing people of the idea that a No Deal Brexit was a thing – an ‘Anglo-Saxon fact’. As an idea, he argued, it had gained a lot of traction as an ostensible solution to a keenly felt problem. ButContinue reading “No Such Thing as a Free Thinker”
Male bias and female ‘otherness’ for (crash test) dummies
Who is the reigning Olympic 100m champion? I suspect that readers will know the answer immediately, even instinctively. There is, though, a second correct answer to this question – Elaine Thompson. This is more than just a snarky bit of pedantry. A question as simple as the one I posed above should obviously scream ‘twoContinue reading “Male bias and female ‘otherness’ for (crash test) dummies”
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