Over the last 25 years, the fight against HIV has seemed hopeless. Every attempt at a vaccine or cure has failed miserably. Sometimes in science breakthroughs happen inadvertently. An AIDS … Continue reading “”

I love his optimism!

Last Spring, Mark Gimein, who is usually more known for his investigative journalism, wrote an interesting article using game theory to explain why there are seemingly so few eligible male … Continue reading “”

A new study suggests that your happiness is heavily influenced by the happiness of the people around you. Read the article in the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/health/05happy.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print

As a gamer and fan of marketplaces, I have followed with amazement the rise and fall of IGE. It started as a marketplace for Everquest virtual goods and rapidly expanded … Continue reading “”

I blogged a few times that, your level of natural talent notwithstanding, excellence is achieved through deliberate practice (A Star is Made, A Star is Made – Part 2, Gladwell … Continue reading “”

Paul Graham has a fantastic article on the perils of raising money and advice on how to best do it. Read it at: http://paulgraham.com/fundraising.html

My good friend Auren Hoffman just wrote an interesting article on why entrepreneurs end up investing mostly in consumer focused companies. As he points out, we have day jobs running … Continue reading “”

Vanity Fair has a fascinating article on Rupert Murdoch. Michael Wolff has been given unprecedented access to Murdoch for an upcoming biography. I was surprised by the picture that emerges … Continue reading “”

There is a great series of interviews on the topic of happiness on Ted.com. Check them out at: http://www.ted.com/index.php/themes/what_makes_us_happy.html

Joshua Bell is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso. As part of a fantastic experiment in context, perception, public taste and priorities, Joshua Bell agreed to play his Stradivarius incognito at the … Continue reading “”

My friend Auren Hoffman just wrote a very interesting article on the growing cost consumer Internet companies face fighting scamming, phishing, hacking and government requests. He estimates that it’s a … Continue reading “”

I read a lot of fascinating articles on Alex last September and never got around to writing about it. In case you have not read it yet, read the article … Continue reading “”

Auren just wrote an interesting article analyzing the behavior pattern of men and women on social networks. Even though men and women both represent 50% of the users on social … Continue reading “”

As an economist by formation and at heart if not by trade, I have always been fascinated by how the creation of efficient markets can fundamentally improve welfare for all. … Continue reading “”