Tagged: status

The Status of Status Games - The Dismal Science

Eric Crampton • Dec 26, 2014 •

• Robin Hanson,
• status

I don't worry too much about notions that consumption is driven by status-seeking. Not because it isn't - it would be surprising if at least some consumption weren't status-driven. Rather, because status-seeking affects just about everything, from consumption to not consuming to leisure to exercise and more. The richest entrepreneurs got that way by coming up with new goods and services … Read More

TOSP Episode 19: January 30th 2012 - The Sciblogs Podcast

Aimee Whitcroft • Jan 31, 2012 •

• aimee whitcroft,
• app,
• BioBlog,
• Biodiversity,
• bioinformatics,
• brain,
• challenge,
• Code for Life,
• competition,
• connectome,
• critical thinking,
• Elf Eldridge,
• events,
• genetics,
• golden mole,
• heavy metals,
• human brain,
• iPad,
• IPhone,
• iridescence,
• just so science,
• molecular matters,
• nanoparticles,
• nanoscience,
• New Zealand,
• NZ Fauna,
• Physics Stop,
• podcast,
• Science,
• science communication,
• status,
• The Official Sciblogs Podcast,
• TOSP,
• urchin,
• Water Treatment,
• weight loss

Greetings, podcast audience of ours! This week’s podcast was supposed to be slightly shorter than usual, but then Elf and aimee got into a Discussion or two. There may have been some slight ranting 🙂 We cover the human brain connectome (peeeerdy), awesome urchin-like nanospheres, a NZ critter app, the world’s first iridescent mammal, a medical/bioinformative challenge, science … Read More