Monthly Archives: August 2004

how not to buy happiness

Fascinating article in Daedalus by economics professor Robert Frank. Here is the thesis: Considerable evidence suggests that if we use an increase in our incomes, as many of us do, simply to buy bigger houses and more expensive cars, then … Continue reading

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hive mind

I find this absolutely fascinating. It’s probably what evolution really looks like—conceptually speaking—rather than a slow accretion of fit details. A messy, scattered series of missed connections and quasi-random tangents that very slowly over time takes on the appropriate shape. … Continue reading

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