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Beware of pickpockets!

July 12, 2015

" many pickpockets also operate near signs warning us to beware of pickpockets. The irony is that when people read the signs, they check their pockets or bag, thus alerting the lurking pickpocket to where their valuables are." 

Source: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
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    • Apr 29, 2016 Should you jump on the ‪#‎chatbots‬ bandwagon? Maybe not quite yet!
    • Apr 26, 2016 "maybe, just, maybe" I should try some of this stuff in one of my classes.
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    • Aug 24, 2015 The Ashley Madison hack, common knowledge, and the explosion of coordinated actions.
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    • Aug 18, 2015 John Oliver on Televangelism in America
    • Aug 13, 2015 Note to self: "crazy like us, the globalization of the american psyche" by Ethan Watters
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    • Jul 26, 2015 The solution to humanity's problems tastes like bacon.
    • Jul 25, 2015 How the Internet of Things will change the world.
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