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Farnam Street Blog
The Farnam Street Blog posts the best articles from around the internet on psychology, behavioral economics, human misjudgment, persuasion, and other subjects of intellectual interest. @farnamstreet
I try to add value by elaborating on the content discussed, diving deeper into subjects, introducing readers to new concepts, and connecting the information in a latticework of mental models.
The site covers book reviews/notes. For an example see the notes on Tim Harford's book Adapt or Is Everything Obvious Once We Know The Answer?
I cover interesting topics such as How do scientific paradigm shifts happen?
I also introduce mental models.
What do readers who've discovered Farnam Street say?
“If your brain is itching for the most thought-provoking, conversation-starting, and absolutely-mindblowing articles…look no further. I just wish I knew about this site earlier…” – 100 Tiny Sparks
“If you’re not following @farnamstreet‘s blog via email or RSS, you’re missing out. Original, eclectic & thought-provoking.” – Kelly Evans, Wall Street Journal
“A Big Fan” – Tracy Alloway, Financial Times
“The wondrous Farnam Street blog, a secret source/sauce of brilliant insight” – Paul
“Like a drug for your brain” – Doug
Get your geek on and read what you've been missing subscribe.
The Farnam Street Blog posts the best articles from around the internet on psychology, behavioral economics, human misjudgment, persuasion, and other subjects of intellectual interest. @farnamstreet
I try to add value by elaborating on the content discussed, diving deeper into subjects, introducing readers to new concepts, and connecting the information in a latticework of mental models.
The site covers book reviews/notes. For an example see the notes on Tim Harford's book Adapt or Is Everything Obvious Once We Know The Answer?
I cover interesting topics such as How do scientific paradigm shifts happen?
I also introduce mental models.
What do readers who've discovered Farnam Street say?
“If your brain is itching for the most thought-provoking, conversation-starting, and absolutely-mindblowing articles…look no further. I just wish I knew about this site earlier…” – 100 Tiny Sparks
“If you’re not following @farnamstreet‘s blog via email or RSS, you’re missing out. Original, eclectic & thought-provoking.” – Kelly Evans, Wall Street Journal
“A Big Fan” – Tracy Alloway, Financial Times
“The wondrous Farnam Street blog, a secret source/sauce of brilliant insight” – Paul
“Like a drug for your brain” – Doug
Get your geek on and read what you've been missing subscribe.
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Long time subscriber to the Farnam St. RSS feed -- it's one of my daily reads and has been for a long while.
posted by unSane at 8:58 PM on September 14, 2011
posted by unSane at 8:58 PM on September 14, 2011
This is a lovely blog. I've been following it for quite some time as well.
I'm not sure about the grandiose tagline that it is the blog "the smartest people on the net read." Is it supposed to be some sort of psychological persuasion primer thing that is supposed to make people feel better your blog or something?
posted by jabberjaw at 5:57 PM on September 21, 2011
I'm not sure about the grandiose tagline that it is the blog "the smartest people on the net read." Is it supposed to be some sort of psychological persuasion primer thing that is supposed to make people feel better your blog or something?
posted by jabberjaw at 5:57 PM on September 21, 2011
Jabberjaw,
At first the tagline was fun — a play at psychology as well an ambition but clearly nothing serious. I took it away a while back and received numerous emails asking to re-instate it. So now, it's more of a goal than anything. I might change it again. If you have any ideas, I'd love to hear em.
posted by sf9719 at 6:21 PM on September 22, 2011
At first the tagline was fun — a play at psychology as well an ambition but clearly nothing serious. I took it away a while back and received numerous emails asking to re-instate it. So now, it's more of a goal than anything. I might change it again. If you have any ideas, I'd love to hear em.
posted by sf9719 at 6:21 PM on September 22, 2011
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