Thawing the winter chill of ignorance using the hot-water bottle of knowledge. Also, hot chocolate. This week, more Alex’s Adventures in Numberland, so more maths curiosities. Also, I’ve been listening to Atomic Habits by James Clear. More on that book to come. On with it: Algebra comes from the old Arabic word “al-jabr”, meaning “the …
Weekly Ignorance: Perseus, Theseus, and Haggling
… in which I try to capture my moments of “I did not know that”. It’s my attempt to clear the frozen windscreen of Doh! using the window scraper of Aha! This week, more Heroes, so there will be Greek myths. I’m also reading Alex’s Adventures in Numberland, so there will be maths (Greek or …
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Weekly Ignorance: Whisky and Pegasus
In which I burn off the Christmas Belly of Ignorance using the Faddish Diet of Learning. It’ll never last. This week, I’ve finished The Big Short. (Do I have a better understanding of the financial crisis? I’ll let you be the judge. At the very least, I’m more comfortable seeing the words subprime mortgage bond …