I was away, in Amsterdam, on the occasion of the 80 years anniversary of the Aarhus University (AU); hence I’ve only read now the AU rector’s speech . It turns out to be quite informative and most of it has got a lot of sense, while remaining at the same time concise, rare species in terms of public speeches nowadays :-).
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The fringe benefits of failure
Possibly the best short read of the week. In any case, surely the best speech for a class of university graduates I’ve ever happened onto. J.K. Rowling, the benefits of failure and, more than anything, the importance of imagination (You can also watch the video of the speech– if not loading, it is also on YouTube already, in several copies…).
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Esther Duflo on a topic that deserves much more attention among policy makers: the need to insure the very poor against food price variability
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Here’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard so far, within the academic publishing business: deliberately slowing things down by sitting a whole month on each submission before doing anything with it.
Wanted in Romania: Engineers
Romania’s finally got a field where it is an uncontested world leader: the shortage of talent on the labour market. Engineers, skilled manual trades and executives are the top missing ones.
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Why the Bayesian statistician cannot stand Bayesian statistics: I actually thought he meant it… for a few seconds. Best academic April 1st prank this year.
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“Insead, for example, has set up a virtual campus on Second Life, to complement its physical campuses in Fontainebleau, France, and in Singapore.