The Filter Bubble The Grandmaster in the Corner Office: What the Study of Chess Experts Teaches Us about Building a Remarkable Life January 6th, 2010 · 213 comments Becoming a Grandmaster How do great chess players become great? Here’s how he summarized it in a recent interview: When we look at any kind of cognitively complex field — for example, playing chess, writing fiction or being a neurosurgeon — we find that you are unlikely to master it unless you have practiced for 10,000 hours. There seems to be no escape from this work. The full story, however, is more complex. Put another way, you need to put in a lot of hours to become exceptional, but raw hours alone doesn’t cut it. To understand what else is necessary, I’ll turn your attention to a fascinating 2005 study on chess players, published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology. In more detail: …chess players at the highest skill level (i.e. grandmasters) expended about 5000 hours on serious study alone during their first decade of serious chess play — nearly five times the average amount reported by intermediate-level players. Deliberate Practice Why?
Algorithmic Literacies - THE LATE AGE OF PRINT I’ve spent the last few weeks here auditioning ideas for my next book, on the topic of “algorithmic culture.” By this I mean the use of computers and complex mathematical routines to sort, classify, and create hierarchies for our many forms of human expression and association. I’ve been amazed by the reception of these posts, not to mention the extent of their circulation. Even more to the point, the feedback I’ve been receiving has already prompted me to address some of the gaps in the argument — among them, the nagging question of “what is to be done?” I should be clear that however much I may criticize Google, Facebook, Netflix, Amazon, and other leaders in the tech industry, I’m a regular user of their products and services. In other words, I don’t mean to suggest that life would be better off without algorithmic culture. It’s this question that’s brought me to the idea of algorithmic literacies, which is something Eli Pariser also talks about in the conclusion of The Filter Bubble.
NYHEN: New York Home Educators' Network Siva Vaidhyanathan Vaidhyanathan speaking at the 2011 Personal Democracy Forum Siva Vaidhyanathan (born June 16, 1966) is a cultural historian and media scholar and is a professor of Media Studies and Law at the University of Virginia. Vaidhyanathan is a frequent contributor on media and cultural issues in various periodicals including The Chronicle of Higher Education, New York Times Magazine, The Nation, MSNBC.com, and Salon.com. He is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for the Future of the Book. Biography[edit] Vaidhyanathan was born in Buffalo, New York, and attended the University of Texas at Austin, earning a BA in History in 1994 and a Ph.D. in 1999 in American Studies.[3] From 1999 through the summer of 2007 he worked in the Department of Culture and Communication at New York University, the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Columbia University. Critical Information Studies[edit] Selected books[edit] See also[edit]
The Stanford Education Experiment Could Change Higher Learning Forever | Wired Science Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig in the basement of Thrun's guesthouse, where they record class videos.Photo: Sam Comen Stanford doesn’t want me. I can say that because it’s a documented fact: I was once denied admission in writing. I took my last math class back in high school. Which probably explains why this quiz on how to get a computer to calculate an ideal itinerary is making my brain hurt. I’m staring at a crude map of Romania on my MacBook. Last fall, the university in the heart of Silicon Valley did something it had never done before: It opened up three classes, including CS221, to anyone with a web connection. People around the world have gone crazy for this opportunity. Aside from computer-programming AI-heads, my classmates range from junior-high school students and humanities majors to middle-aged middle school science teachers and seventysomething retirees. Solid understanding? That stuff’s all easier said than done.
Conflicting Codes and Codings How Algorithmic Trading Is Reshaping Financial Regulation Abstract Contemporary financial markets have recently witnessed a sea change with the ‘algorithmic revolution’, as trading automats are used to ease the execution sequences and reduce market impact. Being constantly monitored, they take an active part in the shaping of markets, and sometimes generate crises when ‘they mess up’ or when they entail situations where traders cannot go backwards. algorithmic trading codes of conduct codings financial markets practices regulation SAGE, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore
Liberty Classroom A New Algorithmic Identity Soft Biopolitics and the Modulation of Control Abstract Marketing and web analytic companies have implemented sophisticated algorithms to observe, analyze, and identify users through large surveillance networks online. SAGE, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore
The Talk: Nonblack Version There is much talk about “the talk.” “Sean O’Reilly was 16 when his mother gave him the talk that most black parents give their teenage sons,” Denisa R. Superville of the Hackensack (NJ) Record tells us. Leonard Greene talks about the talk in the New York Post. Yes, talk about the talk is all over. There is a talk that nonblack Americans have with their kids, too. (1) Among your fellow citizens are forty million who identify as black, and whom I shall refer to as black. “There is a talk that nonblack Americans have with their kids, too.” (2) American blacks are descended from West African populations, with some white and aboriginal-American admixture. (3) Your own ancestry is mixed north-European and northeast-Asian, but blacks will take you to be white. (4) The default principle in everyday personal encounters is, that as a fellow citizen, with the same rights and obligations as yourself, any individual black is entitled to the same courtesies you would extend to a nonblack citizen.
Technology - Mike Ananny - The Curious Connection Between Apps for Gay Men and Sex Offenders Reckless associations can do very real harm when they appear in supposedly neutral environments like online stores As I was installing Grindr on my Android phone yesterday, I scrolled down to take a look at the list of "related" and "relevant" applications. My jaw dropped. There, first on the list, was "Sex Offender Search," a free application created by Life360 that lets you "find sex offenders near you and protect your child ... so you can keep your family safe." I was flabbergasted. How and why was this association being made? For those who don't know, Grindr describes itself as a "simple, fast, fun, and free way to find and meet gay, bi and curious guys for dating, socializing, and friendship." Grindr isn't unique or new in this respect. Bizarre links between Grindr and Sex Offender Search can be great starting points for those who recognize nonsensical associations. So if all of this is becoming so seemingly mainstream, why is it being linked to sex offenders? What's the harm here?
Constitution Class taught by Michael Badnarik : Michael Badnarik <div style="padding:5px; font-size:80%; width:300px; background-color:white; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; border:1px dashed gray;"> Internet Archive's<!--'--> in-browser video player requires JavaScript to be enabled. It appears your browser does not have it turned on. Please see your browser settings for this feature. </div> 1. Embedding Examples and Help Constitution Class taught by Michael Badnarik - Part 1 Constitution Class taught by Michael Badnarik - Part 2 Constitution Class taught by Michael Badnarik - Part 3 Constitution Class taught by Michael Badnarik - Part 4 Constitution Class taught by Michael Badnarik - Part 5 Constitution Class taught by Michael Badnarik - Part 6 Constitution Class taught by Michael Badnarik - Part 7 The 2004 Libertarian Presidential Candidate, Michael Badnarik teaches his famous class about the Constitution. If you don't know the difference between a right and a privilege, this is a must see! Imagine Bush and Kerry in a debate with Badnarik... Affirmed,
Facebook’s Censorship Problem (This piece has been cross-posted in The Huffington Post. And please see my follow-up post: Open Questions Remain in Facebook Censorship Flap) I few days ago, Facebook removed a photo of two men kissing from a user’s Wall due to an apparent violation of the site’s terms of service. Here’s the message the original poster received from Facebook: Hello,Content that you shared on Facebook has been removed because it violated Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. This act of censorship has received considerable attention (some worthwhile discussions here, here, here, and here). But there are some fundamental concerns with this case, that point to a growing censorship problem within Facebook. First, the message sent to the user indicated that “Shares that contain nudity, or any kind of graphic or sexually suggestive content, are not permitted on Facebook.” Now, interestingly, the screenshot provided of this help page notes the URL string as “/help/?