Category Archives: Reviews

Game Analysis Index

Posted on January 21, 2019 by

This post links to this blog’s posts discussing game design, balance, economics and related topics, as well as any strategy posts. It does not contain new content. Much of the blog is relevant to gaming, but these are the explicitly … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Weapons of Math Destruction

Posted on June 4, 2017 by

Epistemic Status: Minus One Million Points Shortness Status: Long (this is a proposed new norm I want to try out, in the sense of ‘apologies for writing a long letter, I did not have enough time to write a shorter … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Eisenhorn Trilogy

Posted on March 21, 2017 by

Spoiler Status: Very mild spoilers before the fold, full spoilers after the fold I read the Eisenhorn Trilogy on the recommendation of my friend Raymond Arnold, who bought me the first book as a birthday present, presenting it as worth … Continue reading →

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The AI Paper with The Best Title Ever

Posted on February 24, 2017 by

Epistemic Status: Confident I understood the paper, but no promises on its implications The title is “Learning to learn by gradient descent by gradient descent.” If anyone can top that title I am eager to hear about it. The idea … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How Asia Works by Joe Studwell

Posted on February 18, 2017 by

How Asia Works has a theory about how development economics works: You must follow The Way. To the extent that you follow The Way, your country will prosper. To the extent that you fail to follow The Way, your country … Continue reading →

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