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New beer resolutions

I came across one of Jeff Alworth’s blogposts the other day looking at how one might distinguish between ‘beer geeks’ and ‘beer nerds’. Alworth suggests that geeks are driven by consumption and collecting, while nerds are guided by a desire for deeper knowledge and understanding. This made me think about my companion in my craftContinueContinue reading “New beer resolutions”

This week’s reading pile

My reading is coalescing around certain themes: technology, knowledge and beer. Amazingly there are more crossovers than you might first imagine. I’m enjoying Power and Progress by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson. The MIT economists craft a compelling argument about how technological advancement does not automatically lead to social progress. Instead it depends on theContinueContinue reading “This week’s reading pile”