A fascinating interview with Professor Frans de Waal, a Dutch primatologist and ethologist and author of the book, Age of Empathy. de Waal makes a strong research-based case that cooperation, altruism, and a sense of fairness are much more powerful and common in driving our moral judgements than mere self-interest. This apparently holds true in … Continue reading Foundations of Micro Cracking: Altruism as Instinct?
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From the Wall Street Journal: Bring Back the Robber Barons . I think I'll pass. I mean why stop with the robber barons? Why not go all the way back to feudalism where most workers are the personal property of some monied rich baron who's buddy-buddy with the king? From Maxine Udall (girl Economist): Bring … Continue reading Interesting and Good Stuff from This Week
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