January 2, 2008
Settlers of Catan 8/28
Tigris and Euphrates 8/29 Puerto Rico Seafarers of Catan (aso)
The division of labor in human societies is primarily a cultural rather than a genetic phenomenon, but could it be sustained in a population consisting of persons genetically as similar as identical twins? This is not entirely a vain question, since at least one great geneticist has recently envisaged the possibility of bringing about such genetic uniformity (Dobzhansky 1963:147). [John Hawks]
Hall said that his friend economist Robin Hanson pointed out to him that we already live with superhuman psychopaths--modern corporations--and we're not all dead.
yet another gateway sf thread...
Did I really incorporate Markdown?