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Tag Archives: Math
Is Google making us stupid, or is Google thriving on our stupidity?
I think it’s a little bit of both. Continue reading
Mathematical arrogance and geopolitics
In a recent blog post, I argued that one of the core causes of the current global credit crisis was Wall Street’s dogmatic belief in the power of math to capture the extreme complexity of market dynamics and financial risk. Bueno de Mesquita’s talk is a good example of how far this blind faith in math can take us. Continue reading
A Whole New Mind for finance
Wall Street’s blind faith in math as a tool for understanding finance is an overlooked yet fundamental cause of the current credit crisis. Continue reading
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Tagged Credit crisis, Daniel Pink, Felix Salmon, Jerry Z. Muller, Math
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