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Worshiping the Invisible Hand

Friday, January 13th, 2012

I don’t know where I sit on the political spectrum, but I know I don’t fit into any particular party or ideology.  I’m not a socialist, nor a communist, and I suppose you could say I reluctantly advocate free markets, though I don’t think the invisible hand deserves much praise. I feel that large amounts [...]

Thoughts On The Future Economy

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

As I’ve been writing my Space, Time, and the Mind posts, I’ve been thinking a lot about technology and artificial intelligence (AI).  Eventually I want to write about AI since it is our attempt to emulate the actions of the human mind, building intelligent machines which can do various tasks for us.  That got me [...]

Wasted Talent

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Facebook is one of the most celebrated websites on the internet.  I don’t think it’s worth near the hype it’s received.  I wonder how many people realize that Facebook has nothing to do with staying connected with friends and family.  The reason the company is now worth nearly $65 billion dollars is they are a [...]

The State Of Our Economy

Saturday, April 9th, 2011

You’ll find an excellent piece in Vanity Fair written by Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitiz entitled Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%.  I’d like to post several excerpts here today. It’s no use pretending that what has obviously happened has not in fact happened. The upper 1 percent of Americans are now [...]

Morality As A Bottom-Up Process

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

I just finished listening to a very interesting social psychology lecture. Fortunately, I am able to embed it so I will post it up for all of you here on my site as well.  The professor is Dr. Jonathan Haidt, a Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Virginia. haidt.postpartisan-social-psychology More PowerPoint presentations from [...]

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