Category Archives: Economics

My input for the OSTP RFI on reproducibility

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Victoria Stodden

Until Sept 23 2014, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Whitehouse was accepting comments on their “Strategy for American Innovation.” My submitted comments on one part of that RFI, section 11 follow (with minor corrections): “11) … Continue reading →

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Optimal Information Disclosure Levels: Data.gov and "Taleb's Criticism"

Posted on September 27, 2009 by vcs

I was listening to the audio recording of last Friday’s :Scientific Data for Evidence Based Policy and Decision Making symposium at the National Academies, and was struck by the earnest effort on the part of members of the Whitehouse to … Continue reading →

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What's New at Science Foo Camp 2009

Posted on July 31, 2009 by vcs

SciFoo is a wonderful annual gathering of thinkers about science. It’s an unconference and people who choose to speak do so. Here’s my reaction to a couple of these talks. In Pete Worden’s discussion of modeling future climate change, I … Continue reading →

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Bill Gates to Development Researchers: Create and Share Statistics

Posted on June 8, 2009 by vcs

I was recently in Doha, Qatar, presenting my research on global communication technology use and democratic tendency at ICTD09. I spoke right before the keynote, Bill Gates, whose main point was that when you engage in a goal-oriented activity, such … Continue reading →

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Stuart Shieber and the Future of Open Access Publishing

Posted on November 23, 2008 by vcs

Back in February Harvard adopted a mandate requiring its faculty member to make their research papers available within a year of publication. Stuart Shieber is a computer science professor at Harvard and responsible for proposing the policy. He has since … Continue reading →

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Sunstein speaks on extremism

Posted on November 3, 2008 by vcs

Cass Sunstein, Professor at Harvard Law School, is speaking today on Extremism: Politics and Law. Related to this topic, he is the author of Nudge, Republic.com 2.0, and Infotopia. He discussed Republic 2.0 with Henry Farrell on this bloggingheads.tv diavlog, … Continue reading →

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Benkler: We are collaborators, not knaves

Posted on October 14, 2008 by vcs

Yochai Benkler gave a talk today in reception of his appointment as the Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. Jack Berkman (now deceased) is the father of Myles Berkman, whose family … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond

Posted on July 1, 2008 by vcs

I can’t believe I haven’t read this book until now since it intersects two areas of deep interest to me: technology (specifically programming) and freedom. Essentially the book celebrates liberty as a natural mode for creativity and productivity, with open … Continue reading →

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Lessig stars at the Stanford FCC hearing

Posted on April 18, 2008 by vcs

After Comcast admitted to stuffing seats at the FCC hearing at Harvard Law School February 24th, the FCC decided another hearing was necessary. They chose to hold it at Stanford April 17 and I’m watching the FCC’s videocast of the … Continue reading →

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Amartya Sen at the Aurora Forum at Stanford University: Global Solidarity, Human Rights, and the End of Poverty

Posted on April 5, 2008 by vcs

This is a one day conference to commemorate Martin Luther King’s “The Other America” in his 1967 speech at Stanford, and heed that speech’s call to create a more just world. Mark Gonnerman, director of the Aurora Forum introduces the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: "Development as Freedom" by Amartya Sen

Posted on March 18, 2008 by vcs

What is a developed country? According to Sen, development should be measured by how much freedom a country has since without freedom people cannot make the choices that allow them to help themselves and others. He defines freedom as an … Continue reading →

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