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JOHN GRAY ON HAYEK

Gray assesses Hayek’s life and work. For those interested in the Encounter piece “My Cousin, Ludwig Wittgenstein” here it is. Equally, and perhaps also happily, Thatcher had no understanding of Hayek’s ideas. Austrian EconomicsConservatismdispersed knowledgedistributed knowledgeFree marketFriedrich Hayekjohn graykeynesLiberalismLibertyLudwig WittgensteinMargaret Thatchersocialism

What did Napoleon like to eat and drink?

Napoleon Bonaparte was not a gourmand. He might well have found English cuisine too sophisticated and tasty! foodHANNAH GLASSEnapoleon bonapartenapoleon in america􏰦􏰋􏰈􏰁􏰝􏰍􏰊􏰁􏰉􏰂􏰁􏰰􏰉􏰉􏰧􏰈􏰍􏰔􏰁􏰆􏰀􏰎􏰈􏰁􏰒􏰇􏰀􏰅􏰏􏰁􏰀􏰏􏰎􏰁􏰈􏰀􏰄􏰔􏰦􏰋􏰈􏰁􏰝􏰍􏰊􏰁􏰉􏰂􏰁􏰰shannon selin

Satchmo SummerFest

This begins today. Be sure to check out Satchmo: His Life in New Orleans a collaboration between the Louis Armstrong House Museum and the Louisiana State Museum that was co-curated by the amazing Ricky Riccardi and his Archives Assistant, Brynn White. JazzLouis Armstrongmusicnew orleansRicky RiccardiSatchmo Summerfest

Walker Percy Wednesday 45

Suicide considered as consequence of the spirit of abstraction and of transcendence; lewdness as sole portal of reentry into world demoted to immanence; reentry into immanence via orgasm; but post-orgasmic transcendence 7 devils worse than first. Man who falls victim to transcendence as the spirit of abstraction, i.e., elevates self to posture over and against…

Engineering Human Stigmergy

A recent paper freely available in IJCCC. antscoordination problemdistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgehuman-human stigmergySpontaneous orderstigmergicstigmergic cognitionstigmergic epistemologyStigmergySwarm behavior