🔗 Finds #11

Hello everyone, and welcome to issue #11 of Finds — the articles, sites, and corners of the web I bookmarked this week:

📄 Articles

plus.maths.orgThe DAG behind the dataHow directed acyclic graphs let you tell cause from mere correlation — when adjusting for a variable clears the picture, and when it quietly biases your result.

paulgraham.comThe Brand Age — When quartz made mechanical watches obsolete, the Swiss pivoted from engineering to branding — Paul Graham on what's left once products stop meaningfully differing.

psyche.coWho do you think you are? There are two answers — A philosopher untangles two selves — the metaphysical identity society grants you and the existential one you avow — and why being seen as both is a gift.

🌐 Websites / blogs

vulnerability.gardenVulnerability GardenA growing, browsable catalogue of 1,000+ named vulnerabilities, exploits, and attack techniques — each with its CVE, published details, and links out to the original research.

haeckel.tilda.wsErnst HaeckelA tribute to the 19th-century biologist-artist whose intricate drawings of radiolaria, jellyfish, and diatoms turned the microscopic world into something that helped shape Art Nouveau.

faculty.washington.eduFoundations of InformationAmy J. Ko's free online textbook on what information really is — from encoding and data to its tangled role in science, democracy, and sustainability.

🎬 Videos

youtube.com2 Years of Business School (MBA) in 25 minutes — Two years of business school boiled down to 25 minutes — strategy, finance, marketing, and operations reduced to the ideas that actually stick.

🌱 Promoted to the wiki: these now live on their topic pages — Mathematics, Essays, Philosophy, Security, Art, Computer Science, and Business — so they’re easy to find later. 🗂️ Catch up on past issues.