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Unravelling the logic of life, using economics

Posted on April 18th, 2009 by Darren
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I came across this fascinating insight into one of the peculiarities of society – particularly applicable for those of us living in South Africa. It’s the logic of life, as told by an economist: The guy in the video is Tim Harford, an economist by trade. What separates him from most economists I know is [...]

OpenID/SDSN ID’s for the real world

Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Darren
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Hash wrote a good summary of efforts underway locally to eliminate the pain and hassle of maintaining your identity online in fifty different locations [sometimes it feels like you’re living fifty different lives] However, sitting somewhere the other day filling in application forms made me wonder how easily this solution could be applied “offline”. How [...]