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Robert de Neufville
Contributor, Big Think
I lecture and write about politics and philosophy. I hold degrees in politics from Harvard and Berkeley, and have studied complex systems at the Santa Fe Institute. Other interests include theoretical physics, cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and the game of Go. You can find me on Twitter at @rdeneufville.
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In a speech in early December, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) repeated the charge that the Republicans have become “the party of No.” Rather than working to improve the […]
Bloggers, as most know, are exceptionally lazy people. Mostly, we sit around in our underwear playing flash games. Only occasionally do we get off the sofa to whip off some […]
Bloggers, as most know, are exceptionally lazy people. Mostly, we sit around in our underwear playing flash games. Only occasionally do we get off the sofa to whip off some […]
Bloggers, as most know, are exceptionally lazy people. Mostly, we sit around in our underwear playing flash games. Only occasionally do we get off the sofa to whip off some […]
Laws, they say, are like sausages. You don’t really want to see how either is made. The Senate’s vote last night for cloture—a procedural motion limiting the amount of time […]
There are essentially two ways to make money on Wall Street. The first—let’s call it the old-fashioned way—is to match people who have money with people who can use it […]
“The creation of crimes after the commission of the fact,” Alexander Hamilton wrote, “and the practice of arbitrary imprisonments, have been in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments […]