Knownledge

The usefulness of useless knowledge (1939) [pdf]

https://library.ias.edu/files/UsefulnessHarpers.pdf

over 7 years ago

No Great Technological Stagnation | Nintil

https://nintil.com/2016/04/25/no-great-technological-stagnation/

over 7 years ago

Morris, I.: The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations (Hardcover, Paperback and eBook) | Princeton University Press

https://press.princeton.edu/titles/9830.html

over 7 years ago

Long-Term Growth As A Sequence of Exponential Modes

http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/longgrow.html

over 7 years ago

Derek J. de Solla Price - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_J._de_Solla_Price#Scientific_contributions

over 7 years ago

Is Science Stagnant? - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/diminishing-returns-science/575665/

over 7 years ago

Is Science Slowing Down? | Slate Star Codex

http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/11/26/is-science-slowing-down-2/

over 7 years ago

Why Most Published Research Findings Are False

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0020124

#research design #genetic epidemiology #genetics of disease #meta-analysis #schizophrenia #clinical research design

almost 8 years ago

Samuel Arbesman on Future-Proofing Your Knowledge

https://fs.blog/samuel-arbesman/

almost 8 years ago

The Red Queen Effect: Avoid Running Faster and Faster Only to Stay in the Same Place

https://fs.blog/2012/10/the-red-queen-effect/

#game theory #mental model #red queen effect

almost 8 years ago

Samuel Arbesman: Complexity Science + Venture Capital

http://arbesman.net/the-half-life-of-facts/

almost 8 years ago

The Art of “Negative Capability”: Keats on Embracing Uncertainty and Celebrating the Mysterious – Brain Pickings

https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/11/01/john-keats-on-negative-capability/

#john keats #negative capability #uncertainty #letter #selected letters #creativity

almost 8 years ago

As We May Think: Vannevar Bush’s Prescient 1945 Vision for the Information Age, the Power of “Curation,” and the Need for Open-Access Science – Brain Pickings

https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/10/11/as-we-may-think-1945/

#vannevar bush #as we may think #1945 #the atlantic #essay #culture

almost 8 years ago

The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge: A 1939 Manifesto for the Incalculable Rewards of Curiosity – Brain Pickings

https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/07/27/the-usefulness-of-useless-knowledge/

#abraham flexner #harpers #harper\'s #1939 #essay #creativity

almost 8 years ago

Fritz Machlup - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Machlup

almost 8 years ago

The Half-Life Of Facts: Sam Arbesman at TEDxKC - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaxYnvd7YAM

#science & technology

almost 8 years ago

The Half-Life of Knowledge and Content | Jesse Martin | Pulse | LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/half-life-knowledge-content-jesse-martin

almost 8 years ago

The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date, Reprint Edition

https://www.amazon.com/Half-Life-Facts-Everything-Know-Expiration/dp/159184651X

#samuel arbesman #current #159184651x #applied #epistemology #history #shopping #books #science & math #mathematics

almost 8 years ago

The Impact of The Half-Life of Facts on Education | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/2013/03/half-life-of-facts/

almost 8 years ago

What is Half-life Of Knowledge? - Simplicable

https://simplicable.com/new/half-life-of-knowledge

#tefter

almost 8 years ago

The Half-Life of Facts: Dissecting the Predictable Patterns of How Knowledge Grows – Brain Pickings

https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/11/06/the-half-life-of-facts/

#samuel arbson #book review #books #culture #knowledge #science

almost 8 years ago

Quality of Life Through Quality of Information: Proceedings of MIE2012 - European Federation for Medical Informatics. Conference, John Mantas, European Federation for Medical Informatics - Βιβλία Google

https://books.google.gr/books?dq=semi+life+of+information&hl=el&id=Hul-VBfW3LcC&lpg=PA74&ots=k4OMpAnGu4&pg=PA74&sa=X&sig=VKE2GxX8EugSkEAh-r6-PEbGQgM&source=bl&ved=2ahUKEwjYpsLEtL3dAhVNI1AKHZdOAzA4ChDoATADegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=semi%20life%20of%20information&f=false

#tefter

almost 8 years ago

Half Life: The Decay of Knowledge and What to Do About It

https://fs.blog/2018/03/half-life/

#tefter

almost 8 years ago

Half-life of knowledge - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-life_of_knowledge

#tefter

almost 8 years ago