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Jason Kottke is addicted to the iPhone game 10000000 and even includes a link to download it despite recommending against it.

via kottke.org

Jason Kottke shares a lost interview of Muhammad Ali by high school student Michael Aisner in 1966.

via kottke.org

John Cassidy critiques Mitt Romney's statement that 47% of Americans are dependent on the government and don't pay income tax, arguing that this group includes many who pay other taxes or are retirees who previously paid taxes.

via The New Yorker

Gerhard Richter goes digital, reducing his old paintings into patterns. via fastcodesign.com

This article from Jill Lepore traces the origins of political consulting back to the 1930s and the firm Campaigns, Inc. via The New Yorker

An xkcd comic presents two potential futures that appear identical, referencing the grammar debate of "if it was" versus "if it were."

This article from Grantland explores the history of chess-playing computers and how their increasing sophistication has led to recent cheating scandals. via kottke.org

"The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation" explores how imitation, while potentially harmful, can actually drive innovation in fields like fashion and food. via Freakonomics.

FlowingData reviews "The Functional Art" by Alberto Cairo, a book about creating effective information graphics. via FlowingData

A 2012 preprint investigates cooperation in prisoner's dilemma games, analyzing factors like gains from cooperation and risk aversion to understand why people cooperate even when defection seems advantageous.

via Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.

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This paper revisits neoclassical consumer choice theory, arguing that focusing on the marginal utility of money provides a more realistic lens for understanding consumer choices. via The source of the content is the Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE).