Essays

So, you’re driving down the freeway, maybe, ahem, slightly faster than the speed limit, and some cars whoosh past you, all much faster than you, and than the speed limit. Wow, you think, people sure are driving fast today. If you’re anything like a normal driver—that is, not a compulsive speeder, nor a farmer pulling …

Essay: Freeway Traffic and Observation Neutrality Read More »

A month or so ago Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave an interview where he said, “My biggest battle is against interest. My biggest enemy is interest. We lowered the interest rate to 12%. Is that enough? It is not enough. This needs to come down further.” Given the country’s soaring inflation, Erdogan anti-interest adventure …

What Do We Not Know, and When Did We Stop Knowing It? Read More »