tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post6836984346553339288..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: The Moral Foundation of Economic BehaviorSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-45889814635019334492012-02-03T13:10:29.219-05:002012-02-03T13:10:29.219-05:00In the Carboniferous Epoch, they promised abundanc...<i>In the Carboniferous Epoch, they promised abundance for all,<br />By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul.<br />But though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,<br />And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said, "If you don't work, you will die."</i><br /><br />In short, the story was old when Kipling told it: there is a natural and moral law BernardBrandtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-25146661736428820632012-01-29T19:55:03.187-05:002012-01-29T19:55:03.187-05:00Case studies of developing world environmental pro...Case studies of developing world environmental protection have found that places preserved because they are "sacred" (e.g. sacred groves) are more successfully protected environmentally than those that are protected for utilitarian reasons (e.g. wilderness preservation areas).ohwillekenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-91490780628150254902012-01-28T23:36:22.883-05:002012-01-28T23:36:22.883-05:00Yeah, it's strange thinking back why they said...Yeah, it's strange thinking back why they said that instead of the golden rule.MrJonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-64716049881333721812012-01-28T23:27:37.109-05:002012-01-28T23:27:37.109-05:00I teach my kids the Golden Rule ...I teach my kids the Golden Rule ...steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-16012251965315273902012-01-28T23:19:55.962-05:002012-01-28T23:19:55.962-05:00Interesting. The older people i grew up with said ...Interesting. The older people i grew up with said the Kant thing "what if everyone did that?"MrJonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-42239329052905791782012-01-28T13:38:56.765-05:002012-01-28T13:38:56.765-05:00Beware the issue of "coming resource scarcity...Beware the issue of "coming resource scarcity". Those of us who went to grade school in the 1970's were endlessly told how the world's oil supplies would be exhausted by the year 2000. I'm not trying to say it is incorrect to warn or advocate action, just beware of burn-out from the boy who cried wolf. LondonYoungnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-34479312068518292012-01-26T01:45:53.165-05:002012-01-26T01:45:53.165-05:00Good point. Good point. Steve Sailernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-60705914845907438402012-01-25T21:15:38.644-05:002012-01-25T21:15:38.644-05:00Peter Frost had some posts in March last year abou...Peter Frost had some posts in March last year about the importance of trust for market economies. He mentions some of the work of Francis Fukuyama and Greg Clark (I see Pinker was quite skeptical of Clark's arguments in "The Better Angels of Our Nature"). <br /><br />http://evoandproud.blogspot.com/2011/03/from-markets-to-market-economy.html<br /><br />"To varying degrees, bottinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-51438300905299096362012-01-25T20:16:56.438-05:002012-01-25T20:16:56.438-05:00This kind of (self-interested) trust is discussed ...This kind of (self-interested) trust is discussed specifically in the podcast. Rose claims more is necessary for the most sophisticated forms of economic organization (e.g., highly efficient complex firms).steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-21524910917741143292012-01-25T20:01:35.173-05:002012-01-25T20:01:35.173-05:00Yes. Tell them to volunteer here: https://www.cog-...Yes. Tell them to volunteer here: https://www.cog-genomics.org/volunteer/steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-90943556864359447262012-01-25T19:42:45.859-05:002012-01-25T19:42:45.859-05:00Hey Steve,
Are you still looking for American vo...Hey Steve,<br /><br /><br />Are you still looking for American volunteers for the BGI intelligence study? I have several friends who I think will qualify.David Cohlton Harold Eatonhttp://www.facebook.com/people/David-Cohlton-Harold-Eaton/714602107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-34459496383253733922012-01-25T17:32:10.197-05:002012-01-25T17:32:10.197-05:00Trust is all about sacrificing short term for long...Trust is all about sacrificing short term for longer term profits. Cooperative, honest behaviors are thus dictated by common sense in expectation of reciprocity. And no, you don't need any "commandments" and "sacred books" to realize that.silkophttp://cleeray.myopenid.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-69950968587652821322012-01-25T16:29:56.266-05:002012-01-25T16:29:56.266-05:00Well there is a very very large issue here. I tea...Well there is a very very large issue here. I teach about it when I do Environmental Stuff. I will be brief here.<br />The concept of the "Sacred" is quite important and its a very old concept. In principle, sacred is orthogonal to<br />economics. The moral dimension of economics may be an attempt to merge these two but my feeling is that<br />the typical person/culture is not wise Greg Bothunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-76302487895892017292012-01-25T16:26:05.779-05:002012-01-25T16:26:05.779-05:00This seems to affirm my stance that religion, mora...This seems to affirm my stance that religion, moral codes, media, etc. exist to better control the masses rather than for intellectuals. Cognitive elites are better fit to form their own guidelines in life than following age-old maxims. Many historical figures, such as Napoleon I, were affiliated with church to rule rather than to follow it. I wonder how many politicians today practice the Ju Hyung Ahnhttp://juhyungahn.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com