The bible said suffering can brings out the beauty of human nature and now we have scientific proof! Altruistic originates from survival of the selfish gene between tribal wars in pre-historical times. If the world is at peace for 150 generations, the altruistic gene will lose out to the selfish gene!
Tag Archives: Economist
What’s mine is yours
The spirit of intellectual property law is to promote innovations, not to maximize the profit of the copyright holder. For those believe Nintendo owns the copyright of The letter M caps, such that poor little girl should not be allowed to make the caps. Do they think TV schedule is also a copyright material that it cannot be copied freely?
The behavioural effects of video games
Playing computer games can make you a better person. I guess we should let the kids play more of The Sims or Simcity than those first person shooter.
Land deals in Africa and Asia
Land grabbing on forth world countries sounds like a good solution to the food supply problem in third world countries. If land grabber can put the lands for better use, they are more entitle to the lands than the locals. It is not neo-colonialist, it’s the survival of the fitness.
Wolfram Alpha
Building Wolfram alpha as a giant number cruncher seems like a good idea, but I am disappointed at its knowledge. It can’t even tell me how many people has died in the Tiananmen Square massacre, a.k.a. 64.