Author: jamesbbkk

Formation-flying nano-robots: awesome – Telegraph Blogs. Cool. HT: http://www.instapundit.com Update: We’re doomed.  The controllers and snoops will love these.

http://www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?article=1810 From Ross Douthat: “With that in mind, it seems appropriate to leave the last word to Nisbet himself, reflecting on his own work’s relevance

http://financialmentor.com/retirement-planning/myths-revealed-2-must-know-formulas/6688 What matters and what doesn’t.  Assume higher than published inflation (and expenses) age at death and lower investment returns.  8%?  Yeah, sure.  Multiple currencies

Strong views of MF Global events: http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/mf-global-customer-funds-were-not-vaporized-stanley-haar-takes-wsj-task “Client money in segregated bank accounts was not “vaporized”; it was stolen . . ..”