Jim Manzi Explains Genetic Algorithms

I was looking back through old posts, trying to find where I tried to explain the concept of Genetic Algorithms.  In my search, I found a small point in which GA is beautiful:  it fails to match up with any of our preconceived notions of a "good" solution, and yet it works.  Jim Manzi, meanwhile,…

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What Happens When Government Tries To Run Businesses

Freddie Mac and Fannie May are in a heap of hurting. My general philosophy on business failure is that one may wish to feel sympathy for those involved, but the end result of business failure is to move capital toward the production of more-desirable goods and services, and so that part of me sheds few…