http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 20:30:00 --0100 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:02:00 --0100 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss blogs@wilmott.com blogs@wilmott.com http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/7/1/RSS-Feed-to-Reuters-Blog I've been told tht Putting ?http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman/ ? into an RSS reader did the trick. General Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:02:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/7/1/RSS-Feed-to-Reuters-Blog http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/26/RSS-to-Reuters I'm not quite certain how you set up an RSS feed to the Reuters blog, but once I know I will post it on the blog General Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:22:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/26/RSS-to-Reuters http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/26/Hello-I-Must-Be-Going- This is likely my last blog post at wilmott.com. I'd be glad if you continued reading me http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman. ------- For a good many years I have been blogging at http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/. Paul, a friend as wel... General Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:38:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/26/Hello-I-Must-Be-Going- http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/22/Style-Drift-Tenure-as-an-Infinite-Lockup This is a sample from a recent newsletter of a listing of bunch of papers in behavioral finance: Conditional Cooperation: Evidence for the Role of Self-Control Peter Martinsson, University of Gothenburg - Department of Economics Kristian Ove... Models Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:08:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/22/Style-Drift-Tenure-as-an-Infinite-Lockup http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/21/Strange-Fables-1-A-Recursive-Story Once upon a time a man had a small daughter that he was crazy about. Everything she did seemed like a mark of genius. Her vocabulary grew by leaps and bounds; she had beautiful blond hair; her drawings were Matisses and her piano playing, even though... General Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:00:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/21/Strange-Fables-1-A-Recursive-Story http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/21/The-Shapes-that-Corresponds-to-Colors I have spent a day battling a problem that actually turns out to be kind of interesting. In my book there was supposed to be a figure illustrating Spinoza's theory of emotions, a large figure I once drew in color and included in an article I put o... General Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:45:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/21/The-Shapes-that-Corresponds-to-Colors http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/20/How-to-Win-Friends-and-Influence-People Man on Columbus Circle handing out flyers. Everyone sidesteps him. Closer look: his polo has a large Tinactin logo. General Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:33:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/20/How-to-Win-Friends-and-Influence-People http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/20/Qualia-vs-Correlates-Whos-Right The NYR of Books has a bit of an exchange, here, in an argument between a neuroscientist and a philosopher. Personally, I'm on the philosopher's side. McGinn writes: Philosophers want to know whether free will is possible in a deterministic... General Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:09:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/20/Qualia-vs-Correlates-Whos-Right http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/20/50-Perspiration--50-Inspiration I have finally finished reading "How The Hippies Saved Physics" by David Kaiser. It made me admire again people who have a passion for something and don't give up, no matter what people advise them. Doubtless there are many, perhaps most, people for... General Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:41:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/20/50-Perspiration--50-Inspiration http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/16/iTitillatio-iLatin I have been spending a fair amount of time reading the first pass proofs of my forthcoming book. One paragraph I came across reminded me of Weiner et al. Spinoza is not naïve about pleasure; he knows that it is not an unmitigated good, and that ... General Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:45:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/16/iTitillatio-iLatin http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/14/Oh-Dad-Poor-Dad-Mommas-Hung-You-in-the-Closet-and-Im-Feelin-So-Sad Who gets the software? General Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:26:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/14/Oh-Dad-Poor-Dad-Mommas-Hung-You-in-the-Closet-and-Im-Feelin-So-Sad http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/12/Publishilling I used to skeptical, but I could be convinced that there is something to be said for self-publishing. If you are good at word processing, you can do the typesetting yourself, probably as well as they can if you take the time. Douglas Hofstadter di... General Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:16:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/12/Publishilling http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/12/Honky-Tonk-Women Although people lump them together, there is a difference between Anthony Weiner and DSK. Assuming that what you read about them is true, this is my take: Weiner's behavior stems from a neediness; what he needs is something other than what h... General Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:26:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/12/Honky-Tonk-Women http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/11/Monopolar I'm sure I'm saying nothing new, but having FB'd and Twittered for a few weeks, I can see that it can easily drive you into a state of perpetual low-key mania that resembles exhilaration. It's (Google)^n. You use your fast-twitch muscles all the ... General Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:38:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/11/Monopolar http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/11/Progress-Portability-Autonomy What we call progress is often linked to portability and the autonomy it appears to bring: spears to daggers to guns, pendulum clocks to watches, computers to cellphones, vegetables to vitamin pills or Power Bars, movie theaters to videos on phones. ... General Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:14:00 --0100 http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/eman/index.cfm/2011/6/11/Progress-Portability-Autonomy