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Guns, Germs, and Steel
I just finished reading Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond, which is an absolutely fascinating book. It’s one of those books that makes you look like 20 IQ points smarter just by carrying it. The basic idea is why have some societies progressed to become so much more advanced [...]
The Paradox of American Savings
Here’s an interesting read on America’s savings rate (or lack thereof) and perspectives on how it should be handled. But today we face a paradox of non-thrift: Crazy Americans saved back in 1950, when male life expectancy was 66 years and China was walled off by Mao, but they don’t save now even though life [...]
A Reminder of the Evil in the World
Wonder when UNICEF will start an advertising campaign on how the world deals with monsters such as these: Indonesian police have increased patrols in the violence-plagued Poso area of Sulawesi island after assailants in black beheaded three teenage Christian girls at the weekend. At the Vatican, Pope Benedict offered his deepest sympathies to the families [...]