The Higgs Boson Explained

Why Congress Doesn't Work?

Faced with a complex, hard-to-solve problem, there is a natural human tendency to solve a much simpler, easier one instead. Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman, in his book,Thinking, Fast and Slow, dubs this cognitive process: “substitution.”

Benford's Law

Why the probability of a random number between 1 and 10,000 starting with "1" is greater than starting with "8"? How can this be applied to fraud detection? Below are the links to two interesting readings.

Everyone is a genius.

Sophie's Art

Submarine

Airplane

What is Health Care Compact Alliance (HCCA)?

What are solutions to solve Health Care problem?

America the Corporation

Below you will find a presentation that provides more detail about the financing of the United States as if it were seen as a business, which obviously it isn't.

The United States of America isn't a business, but what if it were? What would USA Inc. be worth? What would its income statement and balance sheet look like? Mary Meeker, the veteran Morgan Stanley tech analyst who is now a partner at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, dug into the finances of USA Inc. and produced a 460-slide presentation. The following charts and tables are adapted from it.

Click here to see the presentation.