“To be blunt, it looks like the lack of democracy under British rule was a key component of Hong Kong’s ascent. The policies worked wonders, but they never became democratically self-sustaining.” | learn more
“She was given a large dataset of echo-sounding data – profiles of depth to the seafloor collected by research vessels traversing the oceans. The data were presented on rolls of paper, tens of meters long, and Marie was given the […]
This is about real haunted houses, not the Halloween variety. “Exploiting the unique institutional setting of Hong Kong’s real estate market, we uncover a curious ripple effect of haunted houses on the prices of nearby houses. Prices drop on average 20% for […]
I came here for the colorized and sharpened San Francisco, a Trip down Market Street, and it was great. There is also upgraded old footage from France, Japan and the Moon! | learn more
“At King Edward VII funeral, were nine kings, who were photographed together in what very well may be the only photo of nine reigning kings ever taken.” Link to The Colour of Time book. | learn more
This is a Quora link. First up, a convincing “yes” answer. Next, a convincing “no” answer. I had almost chosen a side until I read the comments. Truth is hard! | learn more
“Far less common is the belief that vampires live among us. Only 13 percent of Americans say that vampires definitely or probably exist.” | learn more
No clear answer, but some fun speculation. | learn more
A decade ago, the NYT was in rough shape. The business has really turned things around and found its way in the digital age. NYT now has 4x more subscribers than they did at their print-era peak. Presented in slide […]
“The unexpected visitor is Milgrom’s former advisor, longtime colleague and neighbor Robert Wilson, who walked across the street in slippers to deliver the news the two Stanford professors had won the #NobelPrize in Economic Sciences.” | learn more