Animal Research and the Danger of Misinformation
By: Naomi Wilkerson, PhD, Neuroscientist and Science Policy Advisor In 2018, the Pew Research Center released a poll that asked Americans a simple question: do you agree or disagree with the use of animals in scientific research? Results showed that 52 percent of U.S....Disruption and the Second Derivative
“Fish where the fish are” – Charlie Munger There’s an old story from the birth of the Norwegian oil market that has always stuck with me. In the 1960s the Norwegian economy was not a place that attracted a lot of capital. It was a subsistence economy built...Portfolio Navigation Before Year’s End: Reflections from Augustus and Faust, Part II
Over the course of the last few days, a good chunk of the economic analysis has been focusing on the breakeven inflation rate, a.k.a. the investors’ sentiment and inflationary expectations for the next five years. The reason behind such concerns is the fact that the...From Navigation to Cultivation: Portfolios in the Light of Augustus and Faust, Part I
In the distance, Faust saw something like a flickering orange light. “There must be a fire, out there” he thought, and suddenly Mephistopheles appeared, by stating the obvious: “Yes, of course there is, and it consumes the house of Baucis and Philemon, you know that...Contemplating Technological Evolutions
By: Nicolas Abdelhak, Mohamed Ramzi, John Charalambakis “The only thing that is constant is change” – Heraclitus What is that common theme in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and in Goethe’s Faust? In our interpretation, the underlying theme that the audience of Don...Sign Up for Our Publications
