Daily Data Dump - Thursday

Essential Science Fiction Movies. People always put Metropolis on the list, or bemoan the fact that they haven't seen it. What do you think of it? I quite enjoyed, but much of the greatness of the film seems to be that it prefigured so much of what was to come. The Real Estate Collapse. Jonah Lehrer suggests that the problem with prices not declining (or at least listed prices) has a lot to do with loss aversion/sunk cost fallacy. I agree. On the other hand, many Americans who are older bought into the idea that real estate was the "safe" place to put their savings, and now are looking at taking a big loss. If you have 15-30 good years left it might be really hard to simply "move on" when you don't have the time left to rebuild equity. Our advice re: donations for Pakistan flood. The idea is ...