This is a Friedrich Hayek interview by Bernard Levin at the University of Freiburg which was broadcast in May 1980. Hayek was, in my professional opinion, one of the greatest economists of all times. We are wonderfully privileged to be able to watch videos of his brilliant exposition on the web. I am also impressed … Continue reading An 1980 interview with Hayek
Month: April 2019
100th Anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre aka the Amritsar Massacre was done on April 13th, 1919, one hundred years ago. General Dyer's soldiers, the ones who murdered unarmed innocents were Sikh, Gurkha, Baluchi, Rajput troops from 2-9th Gurkhas, the 54th Sikhs and the 59th Sind Rifles. Indians murdered wholesale Indians at the command of a foreigner. How … Continue reading 100th Anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
The Supermassive Blackhole in M87
A couple of days ago, a picture of a black hole’s silhouette taken by the Event Horizon Telescope (ETH) was unveiled. The black hole is at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 which is around 55 million light years from earth. The black hole is huge -- around 7 billion times the mass of … Continue reading The Supermassive Blackhole in M87
David Deutsch – Can Science Provide Ultimate Answers?
David Deutsch of Oxford University is my favorite physicist. He's sharp as a tack, and sensible to boot. It's always a pleasure to watch his videos on Robert Kuhn's "Closer to Truth" youtube channel. Here's one that I particularly like where he addresses the question "what are the limits of science?" https://youtu.be/tzWGfi4XhLA
Ask me anything — The Elections Edition
"The state—or, to make the matter more concrete, the government—consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups … Continue reading Ask me anything — The Elections Edition
The Economics of Creative Destruction
Among other remarkable characteristics, humans are intelligent, bipedal, and have opposable thumbs. But so do other great apes, albeit to a comparatively limited degree. What is uniquely human? What distinguishes humans lies in their phenomenal ability to transform matter. Broadly understood, humans take existing matter and make stuff out of them. They cut down trees … Continue reading The Economics of Creative Destruction
