📖 Read pages 51-68 of Complexity and the Economy by W. Brian Arthur

📖 Read pages 51-68 of Complexity and the Economy by W. Brian Arthur

Complexity and the Economy by W. Brian Arthur

An interesting reference to the origin of life and some related research actually pops up in the discussion!

👓 Jared Kushner’s Role Is Tested as Russia Case Grows | New York Times

Read Jared Kushner’s Role Is Tested as Russia Case Grows by Glenn Thrush (nytimes.com)
It is unclear how Jared Kushner’s high-profile woes will affect his hard-won partnership with his father-in-law, perhaps the most stable in an often unstable White House.

🔖 Linked Research at ESWC 2017

Bookmarked Linked Research at ESWC 2017
Enabling Decentralised Scholarly Communication co-located with the Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2017)
Wishing I was attending this conference which I’ve just heard about…

#eswc2017

Checkin Langham Huntington Hotel

Checked into Langham Huntington Hotel
A quick holiday weekend staycation…

👓 Why Do Coptic Christians Keep Getting Attacked? | The Atlantic

Read Why Do Coptic Christians Keep Getting Attacked? by H.A. Helyer (The Atlantic)
Egypt’s preexisting climate of pro-Islamist sectarianism is an important, and sometimes overlooked, reason.
If we replace Egypt with America, ISIS with the KKK or alt-right, and Copt Christians with African Americans are the optics really that much different?

📺 PBS NewsHour full episode May 26, 2017

Watched NewsHour full episode May 26, 2017 from PBS
Friday on the NewsHour, gunmen in Egypt attack a Christian group, killing at least 28. Also: An exclusive interview with Aya Hijazi, what President Trump accomplished on a trip abroad, Shields and Brooks analyze the week's news, a humorous take on getting out of your bubble, being a veteran of a war that never ends and more.
I liked the W. Kamau Bell interview. They’re doing some great marketing for him, his show, and his new book. I’m putting his show (and back episodes from season 1) into my queue.

The snippet on Mr. Rogers at the end was very moving and useful. I kind of wish there were rerun episodes of his show still on television.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x55P16KTPQI

📺 PBS NewsHour full episode May 25, 2017

Watched NewsHour full episode May 25, 2017 from PBS
Thursday on the NewsHour, President Trump reprimands fellow NATO leaders over defense spending, but keeps silent on NATO's joint defense pact. Also: Leaks from the Manchester investigation pause intelligence sharing, Sweden invests in its military over Russia fears, what an assault by a political candidate says about attitudes toward the media, how gender affects risks at work and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hudL0szaPwE

📺 World’s Fastest Rubik’s Cube Solving Robot – Now Official Record is 0.900 Seconds | YouTube

Watched World's Fastest Rubik's Cube Solving Robot - Now Official Record is 0.900 Seconds by Jay Flatland from YouTube
We did it!! On February 5th we set the record at 0.900 seconds! Open sourced! Get the files at: https://github.com/jayflatland/HighFrequencyTwister
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixTddQQ2Hs4