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I just don't understand any kind of absolute egalitarianism philosophy. Whether it's branded as anarcho-capitalism or straight anarchism or sockfucking libertarianism, it always misses the same point.

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Someone buy this for me

Started by Cain, September 03, 2008, 12:06:31 AM

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Cain

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules-Lives/dp/0713999225/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220396670&sr=8-1

In 1905, Albert Einstein published a shocking explanation of Brownian Motion, the random movement of particles, likening it to the kind you would observe watching a drunkard stumbling down the road. The Drunkard's Walk became a powerful tool in understanding the purely random - that, which by definition, has no specific pattern. In his new book, Leonard Mlodinow examines the law of the Drunkard's Walk in relation to everyday human life, the way in which we are all continually pushed this way and that by a variety of random events that, together with our reactions to them, account for much of our particular path in life.Mlodinow reveals the reasons behind behind traffic jams, the spread of rumours on the internet, the length of time you can expect a wad of money to last in Las Vegas, why you have to stir coffee and the way the scent of a perfume spreads through a room, to name but a few. This engaging read reveals the nature of random processes in daily life, thereby altogether altering the way we perceive the events that happen around us.

Mangrove

I saw this in the bookstore the other day. I've been looking for a good book to take with me on the plane when I visit the UK in 2 weeks. This might be the perfect candidate.
What makes it so? Making it so is what makes it so.

Triple Zero

bump! goddamnit i want this book too!!
Ex-Soviet Bloc Sexual Attack Swede of Tomorrow™
e-prime disclaimer: let it seem fairly unclear I understand the apparent subjectivity of the above statements. maybe.

INFORMATION SO POWERFUL, YOU ACTUALLY NEED LESS.

Cain

I actually got a copy of this book.  I haven't read it yet, but I will, soon.