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About Brain Simulation

                I support brain simulation, but my reason can be different from others.   For me, the goal for brain simulation is to establish an environmental model to help researches related to...

An Insiders’ Game?

                  I have given myself various titles, but by no means I will call myself an economist.   If you have been reading my blog, you will notice that for someone who admits to be an...

The Giant Leap Backward?

                  Just about all the economists will tell us that globalization is a good thing, that we should embrace globalization.   The reason is based on the theory of free trade....

Designer Babies and Designer Brains

                  Like it or not, the world is changing, and it will change faster and out of our imaginations and comfort zones.   People try to predict the changes.   Although no...

Trust

              The BP spill, financial crisis made me think about the concept of trust.   I don’t know if you noticed or not, trust is a fundamental concept in market economy.   In the market economy, most...

Singularity

              It occurs to me that I more to say about this subject, thence this post.   To put it upfront, I agree technology development will likely lead to changes that we can only dream of, but...

Turning into Gods

              There is an article in New York Times about a view that technology development will lead to obscurity of nature humans.   Although everyone is entitled to a view of their own, but I think there...

The Joy of Reading

               Reading is one of my favorite activities, if not the most favorite activity.   I believe the advantage of humans above other animals is the creation of more and more effective...

Free Market and the Welfare State

                    In my last post, I talked about what it could be like in the future.   It might look like Karl Marx’s communist society, and utopia may also come to mind....

The Future

                   The global economic crisis and high employment have lead to many questions that make people feel confused.   Instead of thinking about the problems we...

The Ugly Truth

            The title of this post is from the movie “The Ugly Truth”.   I heard some bad reviews about it, and at least it had something to do with while I did not see it in the theater.  ...

Pot Lock

             Yes, I am going to talk about the proposal in California about legalizing marijuana, although I am a marijuana user, I doubt I will ever be.   Actually, I don’t like the smell that...

State of the Nation

                Although this post has some to do with the State of the Union Address of President Obama, it mostly is about the mental state of the nation.  ...

Precious

                You probably know that this is a title for a movie that is still in theater now.   If you have seen the movie, you will notice the irony of this title.   But for what the movie...

What about Corporate Take Over?

            In the discussions regarding policies responding to the economic crisis and the health care debate, people often talked about the danger of government take over of the businesses.   But here...
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