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Digressions

Gordon Tullock on Safety Regulations, Corruption, and Bio-Economics

Is "Tits and Their Food Supply in English Pine Woods: A Problem in Applied Ornithology" on your reading list? If so, then you might like Coventry League’s summary of “The Joyful Contrarianism of Gordon Tullock” that is in the October issue of Reason Magazine (Free Minds and Free Markets). It’s about Safety Regulations, Corruption, and Bio-Economics.

Technology

Fraying Grid: Predictable Outcome Manifests

Fraying Electrical Grid | Coventry League | Blogentary

Power outages, bankruptcies, corruption, greed, and government-sponsored monopolies. Coventry League highlights problems and solutions related to the Fraying Grid, which is also the title of Gretchen Bakke’s 2016 book.

Technology

Python Founder van Rossum: A Clever Boy And Benevolent Dictator For Life (Update Dec. 2019)

Internet search volume trend of Python compared to other programming languages

In December 1989, Guido van Rossum, a Dutch computer scientist, set himself a Christmas project. We share the three principles the Python founder set forth.

Business

The Middle Manager’s Oath

Cover of Issue 9; Published 2002 You can find the comical article titled The Middle Manager’s Oath written by Christopher Mah at McSweeney’s, a magazine founded by editor Dave Eggers, the Bay Area Bard. For those who are not aware…

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