Ceea ce mă nelinişteşte este usurinţa cu care anormalitatea capată în viaţa noastră o aparenţă de normalitate. Odată mai mult, îmi spun că important nu este ce face istoria din noi, important este ce facem noi cu ceea ce face istoria din noi.
→ Read more Books I’ve finished reading this week (And a PS on Chicago)
…with a one phrase short characterization for each of them. But before that, I certainly recommend these books to you, they really say a lot about (the style of) their famous American authors.
→ Read more Nisipeanu has got a great chance
Probably everybody who follows chess competitions knows this already, but anyways, I will still remind you that Dieter Nisipeanu is doing very well at the ongoing “M-Tel Masters” International Super Chess Tournament, from Sofia.
→ Read more Chapeau bas, inca o data! Cred ca e chapeau^4
Desi a facut si oaresicare prostii inextricabile (pe care prefer- let me rephrase: am un strong preference – sa nu le discut) care la un moment dat m-au determinat sa ma intreb daca plusurile sale nu au fost decat variatii de la o medie dominant-mediocra, sunt fericit sa descopar ca Darius Groza e categoric pe calea cea buna (alternativ, in cel mai rau caz, “dezvoltarea” sa poate fi descrisa printr-o miscare browniana cu un drift pozitiv :-)).
→ Read more Fun with Rogoff and Wolfowitz. And hedging against a (Presidential) change, in general
Amid all the scandal around the World Bank boss, Paul Wolfowitz and his (required/demanded/expected, by most) would or would not-be resignation, here’s a very recent leaked memo from him to his staff (Ken Rogoff has been rather careless and leaked it to the press :-)).
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