by News Decoder | 17 Nov 2015 | Europe, Personal Reflections, Terrorism
Three News-Decoder followers offer their thoughts on the Paris attacks. Paris, 15 November 2015. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) (Below, three followers of News-Decoder—in Paris, New York and Concepción, Chile—offer their thoughts following attacks in Paris that...
by Nelson Graves | 16 Nov 2015 | Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Personal Reflections, Terrorism
Extremist attacks are cause for concern, but they force us to reflect on how to protect our values. And how to co-exist with fellow humans, also scared. Two women mourning in Lebanon, 11 January 2015. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) In the aftermath of the attacks in Paris,...
by Tiziana Barghini | 26 May 2015 | Economy, Personal Reflections
The first time I met John Nash I was overwhelmed — and amused. The math genius was both eccentric and human. The first time I met John Nash I was overwhelmed — and amused. I knew about the Nash equilibrium, a founding concept for game theory, a branch of mathematics...