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The tape was running, he was speaking at a fundraiser, didn't know he was being taped. Holy crap:
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Jeff Jarvis - The myth of the creative class:
Internet curmudgeons argue that Google et al are bringing society to ruin precisely because they rob the creative class of its financial support and exclusivity: its pedestal. But internet triumphalists, like me, argue that the internet opens up…
After a hiatus of several months I attacked Tet Zoo the book during the small hours of this morning (I started while the repeat of Fossil Detectives was on at 1 am... missed the bit with Jeff Liston and Leedsichthys, did anyone else see it?). For no particular reason I created a wordle from the…
Whatever else one might say about Republican (for now) Florida Governor Charlie Crist, he was absolutely right to veto a bill that would link teacher pay to student performance (italics mine):
Mr. Crist said Thursday that his decision was not political. He cited "the incredible outpouring of…
very interesting. That's what I love about your posts Greg, you force me to think outside of my culture, let alone the cultural assumptions that often go with it.
I just finished "Germs, Guns and Steel" and it really woke me up to what a bizarre and "unnatural" life I've been living compared to the majority of human history. It has also really helped me to get more understanding from a lot of your posts
So google suggest us to date wealthy people if we want less child?
Well, someone is selling the service, at least.
Paul Colinvaux in "Fates of Nations" makes the case that the poor have more children than the wealthy because people have the number of children they think they can afford. Poor children come cheap and may even be economically positive, whereas well off children are very expensive.
I think there is a tendency for new immigrants to have more children than usual. Perhaps it is that they are relatively richer than at home, but do not yet realize how much their children are going to cost them.