I started as a market researcher 25 years ago; I have worked in 30
countries; I can testify that global marketing organisations have given
up all clues as to what local people want. In different ways that's the
message of http://www.wwdemocracy.nildram.co.uk/index.htm and
www.cluetrain.com and
--- Wei Dai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
and also often act directly against
the interest of their genes (e.g., deciding not to have children) when
they apply more rational decision processes.
Why is deciding not to have children against the interest of the genes?
Genes also induce people to
Fred Foldvary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why is deciding not to have children against the interest of the genes?
Because gene for not wanting children will not be around for too long, but
only for one generation.
Note also that modern parents stop at one or two
children, rather than many,
On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 12:26:41AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...] could it be done more efficiently? Probably, but I can't think of
it.
I can... The Do Not Call form should take a bank account number and dollar
amount. Any advertiser who pre-pays the amount I specify would be
allowed
This is precisely a thought that occurred to me as a way to prevent spam --
computers can reduce the marginal transaction cost, and liens could be put
up against bandwidth providers to take care of any lag in the
system. Would be spammers would sign contracts with their ISPs, and ISPs
with
