Monthly Archives: November 2024

The word “woke” is either real or imagined Afro-American “slang” for figuratively having awakened from a previous state of sleepwalking through life unaware (or in denial) of differences of privilege between ourselves and others. As such its use by me … Continue reading →

Nate Silver is crowing that his model predicted the actual outcome as “most likely” but that’s a bit like saying that exactly 50 heads is the most likely outcome in a series of 100 coin tosses (which it is) despite … Continue reading →

At the end of an unrelated article, Steven Levy responds to a question from one of his readers (not actually me despite the name coincidence) Ask Me One Thing Alan asks, “Why can’t we choose how to pay for online … Continue reading →