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- ARE PEOPLE LESS VIOLENT? (COMMENT). (2)
- Dick Weisfelder: My prior comment was just in the context of sports. Whether or not from Pinker, I have seen the...
- erik: It seems doubtful that human nature has changed. The most likely explanation would be that modern culture gives...
- HOW BANKS PREPARED FOR A U.S. DEFAULT. (2)
- GREECE’S ADVANTAGE IN THE CHICKEN GAME. (2)
- Nick: That makes sense. It reminds me of the stories Pater Familias would tell me about how in Boston the person with...
- Dick Weisfelder: Greece seems to me to be playing a game that Karl Deutsch called “underdog.” While one...
- FOOTBALL PLAYERS DELIBERATELY CAUSING CONCUSSIONS? (3)
- Nick: It was my understanding that boxing gloves were to protect the puncher’s hands and not the...
- Dick Weisfelder: Remember the Roman arenas? Bare knuckled boxing? Such injuries were taken as natural and accepted in...
- Mary Jane Schaefer: This isn’t about football. Or even sportsmanship. Well, it is about sportsmanship. But what...
- A 25 % CHANCE OF A EURO DEFAULT? (1)
- Nick: The fact that this has gone on for so long is pretty perplexing. The Economist is referring back to articles it...
- DECIDING WHAT KIND OF PATIENT YOU ARE. (1)
- Dick Weisfelder: One can be very open to new technology, but also risk averse. The recent debates about how to...
- THE EUROZONE—A CHICKEN GAME WHERE EVERY MEMBER CAN BLOW IT UP? (1)
- Mary Jane Schaefer: This is not a matter of chicken. These are all turkeys.
- ARE PEOPLE LESS VIOLENT? (COMMENT). (2)
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Monthly Archives: May 2008
NOVELISTS WHO DON’T LISTEN.
NOVELISTS WHO DON’T LISTEN. I have encountered two strikingly similar comments on important novelists this week. Tom Wolfe says here about Norman Mailer, “Mailer cannot write novels. I’m sorry to have to say that. He has no ear for anyone … Continue reading
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THE SPREAD OF MOBILE PHONES (COMMENT).
THE SPREAD OF MOBILE PHONES (COMMENT). I have been posting about what for me is the astonishing spread of cellphones—and the enormously important changes they are making in our lives. In response to this post, Dick Weisfelder e mailed me … Continue reading
NOT MEETING THE BOSS.
NOT MEETING THE BOSS. TECHNOLOGY CHANGE. I posted here on ways that cellphones are changing the way people work. In the article I posted on yesterday, Michael S. Malone cites surveys which show that about 20% of the professionals at … Continue reading
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CAREERS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION—OPTIMISM.
CAREERS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION—OPTIMISM. A NATION OF ENTREPRENEURS? Michael S. Malone had an article in the Wall Street Journal for May 19 which claims that America is going to be the first country in which the “dominant paradigm is … Continue reading
CAREERS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION—PESSIMISM.
CAREERS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION—PESSIMISM. Robert Samuelson has an article in Newsweek for May 22 (link via realclearpolitics) about a massive report from the Pew Research Center about middle class anxieties. Samuelson doesn’t think the problem is a squeeze on … Continue reading
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THE UNCERTAINTIES CONFRONTING THE NEXT GENERATION.
THE UNCERTAINTIES CONFRONTING THE NEXT GENERATION. Kids, it seems to me that you confront a much different employment situation than I did. In my generation there was a thought that many workers would stay with the same company for their … Continue reading
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IS THERE MORE INCOME INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES THAN IN INDIA?
IS THERE MORE INCOME INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES THAN IN INDIA? Kids, measuring and comparing incomes in different countries is very difficult, and measuring and comparing income distribution is even more difficult. The Gini coefficient is probably the most … Continue reading
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MARX, FREUD, ALCHEMY, AND ASTROLOGY.
MARX, FREUD, ALCHEMY, AND ASTROLOGY. There was a time when educated people devoted enormous amounts of time and effort in studying astrology and alchemy. Now, only a few historians learn about alchemy, but enormous resources are still devoted to astrology. … Continue reading
DID MARX AND FREUD LEAD TO DEAD ENDS?
DID MARX AND FREUD LEAD TO DEAD ENDS? I have seen it remarked that in the 1950’s intellectuals—and especially New York intellectuals—felt that what distinguished them from others was that they knew the ins and outs of Freud and Marx. … Continue reading
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ARE PERSONALITIES OF TWINS ONLY FIFTY PER CENT THE SAME?
ARE PERSONALITIES OF TWINS ONLY FIFTY PER CENT THE SAME? The research that leads to a book like Daniel Nettle’s PERSONALITY necessarily uses studies of identical twins that are raised apart. I am an identical twin and I have the … Continue reading
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