Monthly Archives: April 2016

Evonomics – Fixes for economics

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Economics Can Explain the Real World with Two Fixes Why rationality should be based on relative payoffs This article is good as far as it goes, and Rob, Swami and Derryl all raise valid issues, which in my understanding can … Continue reading →

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Religion

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April 12 to 15, ’16 ~QofDay~ Religion How do you feel about religion in our world today? For me, religion is a cultural relic – a set of heuristics that have worked in a practical sense in the historical contexts … Continue reading →

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Species to save

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April 9 to 11, ’16 ~QofDay~ Endangered Species If you could save one endangered species from extinction, which would you choose? I’ll go with Judi – humans!!! “He aha te mea nui o te ao He tangata, he tangata, he … Continue reading →

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Ideapod – AI and work

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Ideapod – AI and work Don’t quite see it that way, and close. I think AI will be able to do anything humans can – and the thing to get about the realm of the possible is that it is … Continue reading →

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Things I would tell my mum

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Things I Want To Tell My Mom What would you like to tell your mom? It’s over 16 years since my mum died. Like you, I miss her. She was such a stand for me, for me being who and … Continue reading →

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Why people resist new technology

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Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies I am all for technological innovation and development – that is a given. I am all for having individual life, and individual liberty, of all self aware sapient entities as our … Continue reading →

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Evonomics – Darwin continued

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New comment to Evonomic Post Some people have been conditioned to want what is scarce. Such conditioning is possible, and it is not necessary. We are on the cusp of a robotics revolution that will see all forms of labour … Continue reading →

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