My first introduction to Camille Paglia



Wow what an interview.. I am impressed.

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Mercatus Conversations with Tyler Cowen series



Deserving of a post.. big fan. I love this format as it seems Tyler has been given the freedom to ask his own interview questions and he knows to not repeat the same Peter Thiel interview.

All Peter Thiel interviews are good stuff but can be repetitive. This one does not disappoint.

I don’t think the series has a homepage but here is Mercatus Center upcoming events.

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Timelines make good map companions



I love looking at maps, old and current, and think they are the greatest thing to have around somewhere in your living space.  We have a couple in our kitchen including a big political world map.  The other day we were saying it would be great to have a better sense of when countries were established, which empires belonged to which empires, etc.

Well it turns out there is a great visual way to do that too and while there are lots of great ones around the net (wikipedia’s timeline page is a good place to start) but I like timelines.info

Timeline

Timeline

* I like the beginning part of this TED talk by Parag Khanna where he sketches out how much the map of our world changed over the 20th century.  Did you know that in 1945 there were only 100 countries?  Now there are ~200 (the exact number is apparently debatable).

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Primal eating explained in less than 3 mins



Always a tough one to explain concisely to the uninitiated.  Mark does a decent job here:

YouTube – Lose Weight With Primal Plan.

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Bloggingheads.tv – The Evolution of God



Tyler Cowen is on point as usual:

Bloggingheads.tv – The Evolution of God

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