ben lorica

Reminder: These days I tweet as @bigdata goo.gl/fxNvQ

VC's, hedgies, & index funds: Long-term performance of Venture Capital funds, great ONLY if you include the dotcom era goo.gl/MwBX8

On Elite Schools, and Soft vs. Hard Skills: too much GOOG not enough AAPL? goo.gl/SeORM

Uncovered auctions are never a good sign: Germany failed to place 40% of 10-yr Bunds, yields were above 2% goo.gl/eNrCA

Knots and Quantum Theory: Ed Witten gives a talk to a general audience: goo.gl/2jZGi more technical pdf goo.gl/Bwg0T

Inter-generational income mobility: It might be time to study what the Scandinavians are doing right goo.gl/Y4p7n #ows

CEO Pay: after u statistically control for relevant factors, gap bet. US & other nations has narrowed considerably goo.gl/3oceR #ows

Another small earthquake in SF!

2011 Web 2.0 Summit: By the Numbers (collection of fun factoids I heard in sessions over the past few days) goo.gl/HNrhE #w2s

Photos from today's #OccupySF March goo.gl/R6TmK #occupywallstreet

Campaign Finance & Lobbying by the Numbers: it takes serious $ to compete in DC goo.gl/fnlM6 #occupywallstreet #occupysf #viz

9-1-1: the phone number we'll all be dialing if the 9-9-9 tax plan ever gets enacted #occupywallstreet #occupysf

Income/Wealth inequality charts: Added wealth inequality data ("Top1% own 40%") goo.gl/LzesG #occupywallstreet #occupysf

Infographic: Share of Top 1% keeps growing + Income concentration more pronounced in the US goo.gl/LzesG #occupywallstreet #occupysf

Wall Street Bonuses by the Numbers => a series of infographics for #OccupyWallStreet & #OccupySF marchers goo.gl/FfMkw

Calif spent $6B on 30K guards & other prison-system employees vs. $4.7B on higher educ (33 campuses w/ 670K students) goo.gl/coMOX

Pioneer in probability, stochastic processes, & SDE's: Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan awarded National Medal of Science goo.gl/laeS2

Obama tax plan in a few charts (in advance of the #gopdebate): Federal & capital gains tax rates + the Buffet Rule goo.gl/sOKQO

Rick Perry: "I'm comfortable that the science was good." U mean unlike the science behind evolution & climate change? goo.gl/fflaH

Yikes: When Jerry Brown was governor in the 1970's there were 40,000 INMATES. Now there are 40,000 prison GUARDS! via goo.gl/zG2fs