Re: The Story of Stuff

2010-04-01 Thread Keith Henson
Unanswered, unasked even, is why people want stuff?

The answer requires evolutionary psychology and the history of what
selection pressures our ancestors were under.

If anyone can't construct the story of why we want stuff and would
like to hear it, let me know.

Keith Henson

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Re: Two interesting Articles for Dr. Brin:

2010-04-01 Thread David Brin
Wow, this guy is really something.

I'll tout him on my blog.

Who is he?

Thanks for sharing it.




From: KZK evil.ke...@gmail.com
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 6:51:11 PM
Subject: Two interesting Articles for Dr. Brin:

http://www.asymptosis.com/libertarians-republicans-and-democrats-new-findings-on-morality-empathy-and-sympathy.html

http://www.asymptosis.com/are-machines-replacing-humans-or-am-i-a-luddite.html

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