The calculus of knowledge

Axioms of the Blogosphere:

-The derivative of the blogosphere knowledge function is zero. Put another way, the faster someone blogs, the less information the blog contains. Newton (or Leibnitz, if you're so inclined) showed that the derivative of a function reveals its instantaneous rate of change. So don't expect daily posts on this blog. (And no, I don't know how Brad DeLong or tyslothrop do it.)

-Most of everything in the blogosphere is crap. Yes, that means this blog, too. We're all living in an Escher sketch (no, not the red screen toy you played with as a kid), so I don't worry about it too much; neither should you.

-The goddess Inertia is a nasty creature, and relentless. The best you can do is fight her to a draw (I rarely do that well). Still, thanks to tyslothrop for goading me into the ring with her.