Hardcore for Nerds

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*from the title of a review of Arthur Koestler's Arrival and Departure by Michael Foot, Evening Standard, Nov. 26, 1943.
Jan 15
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not every cab-hailer after a late night celebration is necessarily working as a perfectly rational, informed market actor. The lesson Uber learned in the first night of 2012 is something other companies who otherwise trust data over intuition might learn from.

New York cab fleecing holds less on data versus intuition 

This guy, however, gets it - explaining the implication of charging $107 for a 1.5 mile cab ride.

economics
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