Benjamin ClarkConsider the HenchmenThis morning, my mind turned to a question that I’ve pondered before, but haven’t come to a satisfactory answer to.Feb 29, 2020Feb 29, 2020
Benjamin ClarkAll The Things We Don’t KnowLast week, I saw a fascinating article about how we don’t know for sure how planes stay in the air. There are main theories about it, and…Feb 22, 2020Feb 22, 2020
Benjamin ClarkBlack Swan’s Way: The Limits of Data ScienceI love data. The romance started when I was an econ major in college. I loved the World Bank Statistics tables. I loved that I could run a…Feb 7, 20201Feb 7, 20201
Benjamin ClarkHow to Reach Customers Online Without Being a DouchebagI set out as a full time marketing consultant about 6 months ago, and I had to face the fact that a lot of internet marketing is horrible.Aug 30, 2019Aug 30, 2019
Benjamin ClarkThe Ad Tech Tax Goes Down. Even so… is it worth it?Today, AdExchanger reports on eMarketer research that the ‘Ad Tech Tax’, the fees that marketers pay intermediary technology providers…Aug 6, 2019Aug 6, 2019
Benjamin ClarkYou have to admire their audacity.Today, some of that research was described in a scientific paper from the University of California, San Francisco, where researchers have…Jul 31, 2019Jul 31, 2019
Benjamin ClarkThe FTC recently announced a record fine to Facebook, and the press has been critical that it…I think the FTC did as well as it could in keeping with its jurisdiction and giving the largest fine it could without Facebook contesting.Jul 25, 2019Jul 25, 2019
Benjamin ClarkThe Tragedy of FrankensteinI have been trying to make my way through the top 100 fiction books on this site: https://thegreatestbooks.org/Jul 24, 2019Jul 24, 2019