Whatever the history, eating seed corn in the literal as well as the metaphorical sense has now become business as usual, as we consume the means of generating future sustenance in the name of present advantage. The explosion of credit boosts the phenomenon exponentially.
The Ultimatum Game , the 2016 American Presidential Election, and thoughts on 2020.
People on both sides of the political spectrum, under the guise of the midterm elections, are putting out feelers for the 2020 Presidential elections… History shows us that a democratic system in crisis can fall prey to demagogues with the unquestioned ability to lead a nation down to perdition.
Computers are not Wise
What is wisdom? I think of it, in theory at least, as the capacity to look at a complex human social situation and arrive at a decision or course of action which is at least close to optimum for all concerned, more or less in proportion to the degree of individual involvement.
Collective Korsakoff’s Syndrome
People with Korsakoff’s syndrome can be very suggestible and easily manipulated. This is also true of people with other undiagnosed memory disorders who are clinging to autonomy by denying and covering up their deficits.
Regency Murder Mystery
Bellingham, having resolved to murder somebody in the hopes of being hanged, went to the House of Commons on May 11 intending to shoot Leveson-Gower, whom he hated, but was having second thoughts because of Gower’s sinfulness.
Medical Agents Provocateurs Revisited
Although rates of new diagnosis of colon cancer and death rates from colon cancer have declined steadily and significantly in the last twenty years the data simply do not support concluding that all this testing has been an important factor in the decline.
Is Outrage the New Addiction?
As marketed, political activism is but a transitory and shaky prop for personal self-worth … As with any addictive process, there comes a time when no amount of effort and consumption will feed the need, and a rebound effect occurs.
The Man Who was Recklessly Curious
I fear that we as a society have allowed fear to propel us into a mindset more like that of Spain at the turn of the seventeenth century than we are willing to admit.
From Geoffrey of Monmouth to Joseph Smith (By way of Cervantes)
The claim that any of the three influential works mentioned is in its entirety an accurate representation of a now-lost older work is extremely dubious, but that alone does not disprove the existence of the predecessors, or their incorporation into the final product.
Structural Hypocrisy and the Oxymoronic Institution
The scientist who thinks that the ultimate aim of his research is so desirable that he is justified in publishing fiction confirming that the research tends toward that aim believes that he holds the moral high ground and will passionately tout his actions with a positively evangelical zeal.
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