I recently finished reading the book Change: How to Make Big Things Happen by Damon Centola. I highly recommend this book to any leader or developer interested in network dynamics, go-to-market strategies, internal team structures, or product design. Author: Damon Centola is a Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, where … Continue reading (network dynamics) “Change: How to Make Big Things Happen”
by George Perrett - Applied Statistician and Research Scientist A/B testing has become commonplace in the business and tech community. The method allows decision makers to see which version of a product performs better and enables leaders to make evidence-informed decisions. Companies, political campaigns and market research firms often utilize these tests to improve website … Continue reading Exploring A/B Testing Mistakes: a simulation study
by George Perrett - Applied Statistician and Research Scientist What are your plans for the weekend? While it is easy to imagine that Americans spend their weekends differently, this is a challenging question to empirically validate. Describing the average American’s weekend plans is an easy exercise in descriptive statistics. On average, the typical American spends … Continue reading Working on the Weekend Like Usual: A cluster analysis of how Americans’ spend their weekends
by George Perrett - Applied Statistician and Research Scientist Feature Selection Choosing a coffee is fundamentally an exercise in prediction. Presumptive coffee drinkers are presented with an onslaught of variables describing a coffee’s origins, flavors, sent, texture and roasting processes. The combination of variables can rapidly increases to the point of becoming overwhelming. While to … Continue reading LASSO a better cup of coffee
by George Perrett - Applied Statistician and Research Scientist The Rise of Robinhood Amid the economic uncertainty, increased time spent at home and $1,200 stimulus checks, the spring and summer of 2020 witnessed noticeable increases in retail stock and ETF trading. The majority of this rise has taken place on the popular trading app Robinhood, which … Continue reading Stonks only go up, but does Robinhood popularity follow?
Image from Pixabay.com Multiple public and private entities work day and night to monitor, track and record the digital footprint left behind by internet users. Internet users are tracked for different reasons, including targeted advertising, government agency spying, content blocking and censorship, and identity theft. If you are worried about your safety and anonymity online, there … Continue reading How to be Anonymous Online – Best tools to protect your online privacy in 2021
Truth is the conformance of reality. But first, what is "reality"? Reality can be seen as that which exists, independent of our consciousness and perception. Or, reality can be seen as only that which our consciousness can perceive, as some theories hold that reality and consciousness are one and the same. For the sake of … Continue reading 1. On Morality: Truth
Everything in moderation, including moderation, moderation of moderation in this modern nation. Yet, there is only now, nothing to moderate but now. Everything is relative. Nothing is static. Dynamics, fluidity, The water that washes over me. The river that runs through us all. The river that we all run through. The falls ahead will make … Continue reading Weightless
How Can I Love Myself? Sometimes I fall in love with a musical key or scale. I want to live in it, suspended between the tones and frequencies, like a shower of harmonics. The notes become imprinted within me, the hum of a guitar, the ring of a piano, vibrations. I will dance with them … Continue reading How Can I Love Myself
My hope in the following writings is to establish a practical, actionable moral framework based in logic and science that is applicable to present modern life. As our society advances through time, so too should our common moral set. Two books I've been reading on related topics are: The Science of Morality by Joseph L. … Continue reading On Morality: Introduction
