In 1988 Arneson stated his belief that RPGs, whether paper or computer, were still "hack and slash" and did not teach novices how to play, and that games like Ultima IV "have stood pretty much alone as quirks instead of trend setters" as others did not follow their innovations.
Whereas it is evident that sub-national estimates are needed, a key question remains: Can we derive a more accurate understanding of the national HIV epidemic by monitoring trends within states instead of monitoring trends in the urban and rural areas?
Try being a trend-setter, instead of a trend-follower!
Lately, though, many of these institutions and mechanisms have become procyclical: instead of countering trends, they amplify them.
Instead of eyeing trends, the label looks at "what's interesting to guys and build[s] around that".
And in directing attention toward behavior in individual households instead of national trends and overarching theories, he helped revive the field of development economics, which is now largely concerned with the micro rather than macro.
Last week we saw that the government had overstated the failings of the NHS by using dodgy figures (to be precise, they used misleading static figures instead of time trends).
It's too soon to say, but together with his credo that "you've got to play with your heart, man, instead of following trends," it may be time to make room for a new guitar god.
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Furthermore, it is capable of capturing monotonic trends instead of only linear trends as Pearson correlation coefficient.
