Kaczynski after his capture in 1996
Thinking about the future of economic systems got me to wondering about the sinister view articulated by the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski.3 He argued that if machines do all the work in the future, as they inevitably will, then we can: Continue reading Do We Need a New Economic System?
THE PAST
We are connected with the distant past and the faraway future. The atoms in our body, all cooked inside ancient stars, link us back to the beginnings of time; Continue reading We Are Connected to the Past and Future
Thought a bit more about nostalgia today on my morning walk. Continue reading Thinking and Walking
A Harvard study followed 268 undergraduates from the classes of 1938-1940 for 75 years, regularly collecting data on various aspects of their lives. Continue reading Summary of Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study
