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http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/imf-advice
I haven't read past the first page yet. Seems reasonable so far, though.
I haven't read past the first page yet. Seems reasonable so far, though.
Modelling Opinion Formation with Physics Tools: Call for Closer Link with Reality
In essence, the author is calling out physicists for building models for the social sciences without actually knowing anything about the social sciences. An occasionally entertaining read, and one that has a larger message about people who build models and the need for sanity checks with the phenomena that they're intended to model.
EDIT: fixed the link so that the anchor text and URL are each now in their proper place. :P :)
In essence, the author is calling out physicists for building models for the social sciences without actually knowing anything about the social sciences. An occasionally entertaining read, and one that has a larger message about people who build models and the need for sanity checks with the phenomena that they're intended to model.
EDIT: fixed the link so that the anchor text and URL are each now in their proper place. :P :)
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/07/10/2054219.shtml
The original reference to the paper below. Also includes a link to
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2006/05/70886
which is Bruce Schneier's take on the issue; this is less detailed (but also much shorter! :) ) than the actual paper, at
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=998565
Despite this paper's self-description as a "short essay", it's about 25 pages long, and I admit I haven't read the whole thing yet. But it looks like an interesting drill-down into what privacy is, what it's for, and why it's important.
The original reference to the paper below. Also includes a link to
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2006/05/70886
which is Bruce Schneier's take on the issue; this is less detailed (but also much shorter! :) ) than the actual paper, at
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=998565
Despite this paper's self-description as a "short essay", it's about 25 pages long, and I admit I haven't read the whole thing yet. But it looks like an interesting drill-down into what privacy is, what it's for, and why it's important.
