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ScotRUG June Meetup: Economics & Software with Alberto Fernández-Capel

May tends to be a cloud-light, summer-like wonderland in Edinburgh. Warm out of the wind, long bright days and delicious spring vegetables all across the piece. We’ve had two Ruby conferences in the UK so far this year, with one more to come: Brighton Ruby! Tickets are available.

This month, Alberto Fernández-Capel is coming to talk to us about “Economics and Software Development”. As economics is the study of how people produce and consume goods and services, from food to art, it’s a great lens to study what we do.

We’ll supply some snacks to help get your hunger through to dinner, and stave off the cold. CodeBase has water available from their kitchen. We’re a friendly group of humans, and as always newcomers and old timers are equally welcome.

Thu 14th Jun 2018 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 14th Jun 2018 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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Summer has arrived. The sun is out reasonably often, average temperatures have reached the heady mid-teens, and the cranes are out at Edinburgh castle, building the scaffolding for August and the Tattoo. In British Ruby-land, one of the most important things happening is Brighton Ruby, which takes place in just under a month.

Here in Edinburgh, we’ve got a talk for this month’s meetup. Dave Evans, currently of FreeAgent, is a data scientist and ex particle physicist. He’s coming to talk to us on “The Cargo Cult of the South Seas”. Here’s a taster:

Some of the behaviours that have been observed when less developed societies come into contact with modern industrial technology bear a striking similarity with how science is used and abused in every day life. In this talk I'll revisit the analogy first made by Richard Feynman, and discuss how it permeates everything from project management to software development.

We’ll supply some snacks to help get your hunger through to dinner, probably with some seasonal berries. CodeBase has water available from their kitchen. We’re a friendly group of people, and you’re welcome along whether it’s your first time or one time of many. We look forward to seeing you there!

http://scotrug.org/2018/06/10/dave-evans-cargo-culting.html

https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-Xwgucjde/events/251556446/