Evolutionary game theory/experimental economics term that I learned today: third-party punishment, also known as altruistic punishment (found in this particular analysis of the Baltimore riots and of riots in general) (crossposted on Facebook)

An explanation for the alignment of the streets of Los Angeles and the resulting bends and curves of Wilshire Blvd.

A workaround for the fact that the blue light from screens (TV, computer monitors, tablets, smartphones) disrupt your circadian rhythm.

Si vis pacem, opera para iustitia.

My oldest friend whom I’ve known since we were in third grade is getting married to a wonderful woman sometime in 2008, and I can’t help but marvel. It seems like it was just last week we were playing Wing Commander II and listening to the Cure, the Smiths, Soft Cell, and Front 242, or walking up that godforsaken hill while playing some weird word game. There were all those hours spent in front of the Commodore 64 and the 8-bit Nintendo. There was Robotech. Voltron. Bastketball in my backyard. Junior high football. Watching movies at the AMC in Burbank. I could stop and reminisce for hours on end, and my memories may be astray. But it all goes by so fast.

found on my sister's Xanga

A disjointed meditation at 3 a.m.