{"id":114,"date":"2013-08-13T19:01:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T09:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/?p=114"},"modified":"2013-08-13T14:45:44","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T04:45:44","slug":"this-week-i-learned-9-13-august-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/2013\/08\/this-week-i-learned-9-13-august-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week I Learned #9 – 13 August 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. A currency is anything that two people agree is a currency, a short but thought-provoking read<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Are animals also getting fatter?<\/a> The evidence is unclear, but as Alex Tabarrok points out, “this is intriguing and important research”.<\/li>\n
  3. In the US, employment in print journalism is down, but the number of help wanted ads for journos is up<\/a> since 2010.<\/li>\n
  4. This book is being hailed as “a work of such importance that it should be compulsory reading at every level of the military”<\/a>. Here is an interview<\/a> with its author (reg’n required).<\/li>\n
  5. “Likes” and other upvotes create a herding effect<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  6. Social media and the French language<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. Travelling the Rhine on a freight barge<\/a>; the piece ends abruptly, but is still worth a glance.<\/li>\n
  8. Forecasting elections based on tweets<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  9. The Prime Minister of Norway turns incognito as a cabbie<\/a>. Incidentally, the passengers were recruited specially for the exercise, and were paid.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Pictures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Colourful octopi made from recycled newspaper<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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