Ideas & Articles
Here’s a sampling of mostly recent articles, especially a series in the FT I enjoyed. Most articles quickly get dated, but there are a handful from the archives that hold up.
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Science vs. Spin doctors
This one is from the FT, and dates back to 2006; on the surface a wholly different era from our own; long before the coronavirus and its aftermath. How curious that certain dynamics remain the same…
Linguistics in 800 words
When I was challenged to explain Chomsky’s ‘Syntactic Structures’ in, indeed, just 800 words, this was the result.
“David Bodanis takes a complex subject, weaves a compelling and hugely engaging narrative around it, then presents it in a disarmingly simple format so everyone can understand it, all the while holding them with fascinating insights.”