economics

  • Evolutions and Scale

    Comparing the evolution of different levels of individuality with computers, factories, and AI. The concept of human evolution is often framed through a purely biological lens, of random genetic shifts slowly filtered by environmental pressures over millennia. Yet, human progress… Continue reading

    Evolutions and Scale
  • The Trust Problem

    The number one purpose of religion is to build trust among people so they can communicate properly and work together. It is not wrong to make people earn our trust. Evolution has declared over and over again that it only… Continue reading

  • A Hard Truth

    … and the seed of the next religion. People whose only goal in life is to make money should be tracked and monitored at all times. The children of such people should receive extra guidance from outside the family. The… Continue reading

  • Angels and Demons

    How humans are hard-wired. In my mind there is an image of a bell shaped curve. At one end of the curve are Angles, and at the other end, Demons. The title of the graph is, “How Humans Are Hard-Wired.”… Continue reading

  • Understanding The Need to Adapt Mythologies

    It was not too long ago that most people worked directly for their own interests. Perhaps they were on a farm or a fishing boat, and every single chore served the maintenance and survival of their family and farm or… Continue reading

    Understanding The Need to Adapt Mythologies
  • Modern Advantages

    A long time ago China was the center of the universe, but arrogance and fear caused them to isolate themselves from the rest of the world. The Chinese people did not realize that they had become a backwater until the… Continue reading