Zeitgeist and Ethos

Intersections of biology, evolution, ethics, culture, human intelligence and technology.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Predictions, Risk Lag and Throughput Acceleration

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Looking back to 2001 A Space Odyssey was a common theme for me over the past few days as 2008 came to a close. I even received a text messa...
Sunday, December 28, 2008

OLPC and IPhones

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My son was given a One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) laptop this holiday season. It came in a neat little box with icons on each side. The neat...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

Monophony and Complexity

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I like George Will because he is slightly less loopy than, say, Jonah Goldberg at the National Review. I like his inventive language and us...
Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Thanksgiving and Poodles

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So the Thanksgiving events wind down. There was soggy architecture, rain-soaked and oversubscribed at the California Academy of Sciences. T...
Thursday, November 6, 2008

Guanocholia and Politics

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The most striking effect of the election of Barack Obama was how the extreme Right Wing legitimized outright insanity. I'll get back to...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Collapse and Flat Technology

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The backlash and analysis is beginning. I should join in since the first of my September statements just arrived showing a 10% drop in a div...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Startles and Moral Reasoning

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I was startled awake today by the work at University of Nebraska, Lincoln, that showed a potential link between political affiliation and st...
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Erdos56
Northern California, United States
Variously a consultant, entrepreneur, researcher, musician and artist, I am lately interested in belief, government, ethics and, especially, theories about the biological roots of altruism and trust, and how those ideas are reflected in the modern world. My name is derived from the name of the mathematician, Paul Erdos, who is known for athletic contributions to graph theory. Graph theory is all about connectedness, so I like the notion when tied to blogging. I once thought I had an "Erdos Number" of 5 or 6 (how many coauthors are you away from Paul Erdos; a six-degrees of separation-style game), but I think my number is actually 4. Still, I keep the 56 because I once blogged under Erdos56 and others may want to locate me again someday. The image above is a tiny little view of art rendered from my very own DNA...
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