Perspectives
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You see, we are building up a bidirectional causal relationship here: "we" direct our attention to particular thoughts/experiences, which make up the substance of our consciousness; at the same time, our "selves" are the sum of our consciousness.
Read MoreAfter some reflection, I have decided to talk about the most valuable skill that I have started to acquire, as a result of being immersed in the activity of modelling the energy industry.
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熟悉的马德里机场地铁站的城市夜景”墙绘“
如果以编辑的角度端详我至今的人生，大概可以分为三个时期： 0-14，混沌,在记忆迷雾之后的童年， 14-20，独自做梦的少年， 20-27， 开始为自己负责的青年。14岁那年，自我意识萌生，20岁那年，决定为自己做些什么。我过往的日记里对这两个关键时刻都有过描写。随着日子过去，它们分水岭的性质越来越明显。今天我想和大家分享的是第三个阶段以来的关键性择业决定，写写它们带给我的体会。写给昔日自我，也写给和当时的我感到同样迷茫的少年。
Read MoreTrivial this example may be (we are talking about a monthly electricity bill of 39 euros!), I am hoping that, in the not so far future, active demand response will be enabled, and we will all make more intelligent and informed decisions about whether to turn that heater on.
Read MoreI am a lover of grand narratives, ambitious stories that connect happenings across time and space, and that’s why I have named this blog ‘Connections’. Today, I will attempt to show you a powerful analogy, a mental exercise of sort, one that is able to provide a common framework to think about dynamic behaviour in biology, ecology, economics and much more. The mental construct that I will be writing about today is that of stocks and flows.
Read MoreSo my personal definition of a model is that it's always a simplification, and sometimes an abstraction of a particular entity, system or process, that helps us to understand one aspect of that very entity, system or process.
Read MoreI look at the force of opposition surrounding Canada's Northern Gateway pipeline project, days before the federal government was to announce its position based on the recommendations of a Joint Review Panel.
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