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THE BIPARTISAN COMPROMISE The White House Debt limit increased by at least $2.1 trillion. 10-year spending cuts of nearly $1 trillion. Bipartisan committee is tasked with identifying an additional $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction. THOUGHT: No, I’m not intentionally trying to depress you nor am I going all political on you. I include these numbers…
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Economics writer Tim Harford studies complex systems and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error. In this sparkling talk from TEDGlobal 2011, he asks us to embrace our randomness and start making better mistakes.
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