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...ornithology, but one that for Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a former trader turned philosopher, perfectly illustrates how poorly our past experience of the world can prepare us for sudden, unexpected, epochal events. His 2007 book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, gave rise to a new name for these moments, both positive black swans (the rise of the Internet) and negative ones (the 9/11 attacks). Taleb has argued that much of the recent market turmoil has been due to the inability of financial risk models to account for such black swans; meanwhile, the fund he advises, Universa Investments...
...true value of love. Persuaded by superstars such as Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, and Queen Latifah, however, I finally decided to break my own rule and see “The Secret Life of Bees,” the new movie based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. Fortunately, the characters in the movie subtly and skillfully explore these juvenile themes but without the unnecessary sappiness and sentimentality that usually plague films of this kind. After watching the movie, I felt a sense of relief and hope comparable to that which is felt after...
...went outside and saw them fighting in front of Om,” said Nick, a Grendel’s Den employee who did not give his full name. “A girl then called the police...
...when corresponding with employers and others outside of the college, who are not familiar with the FAS designation. We are still unsure how the new system will force changes to the first component of student e-mail addresses. It has been suggested that the new addresses will require full names and class years, such that current juniors would be firstname.lastname.10@college.harvard.edu. This arrangement, however, neglects the fact that students often take time off, and in doing so might change their graduation year. A preferable format would be to not include class years, but assign every student an address that includes their...
...year 1908 gave birth to some notable characters: Bette Davis, Thurgood Marshall, and Lyndon B. Johnson, to name a few. This weekend, Harvard celebrates the 100th birthday of a notable character on its own campus, the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club. To commemorate HRDC’s long history as well as its evolving role on Harvard’s campus, a number of shows and activities will be open to the public this weekend during their Centennial Celebration. “HRDC’s personality changes a lot from semester to semester, year to year. Without a theater department...