Author Archives: Brian

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Engineer. Aviator. Educator. Scientist.

Loss of Private Goods

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Brian

I recently had a chance to read Economics: A Very Short Introduction, by Partha Dasgupta, published in 2007. Page 52-54 is a passage teaching the definition of private goods, public non-exclusable goods, and externalities, and then applying these terms as … Continue reading →

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Spend More Time with the Good

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Brian

I recently read Taxi Drivers and Beauty Contest by Colin Camerer, published in 1997.  He found that on good days taxi drivers choose to work lesser hours after hitting their preconceived target of “enough income for the day”, and he … Continue reading →

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Butterflies and Bees

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Brian

See the beautiful butterfly? It’s doing what beautiful things do. Look again. It’s harder to see the worker bee doing what worker bees do. Sort of like real life.

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Stuxnet Innovation Masquerade

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Brian

With more than three decades experience programming calculators and computers, and three years experience as a Sr. System Engineer programming industrial PC-based real-time controllers, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), and other SCADA systems, I would propose that Stuxnet was not particularly … Continue reading →

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Causing Changes with Right Laws

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Brian

I received an email from someone active in the legal field. Conversation was about possible statutory changes to laws. They wrote, “These changes have not been adopted to date, but a possible topic could be to explore these changes and … Continue reading →

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