Friday, May 31, 2013
Monday, May 27, 2013
What is the meaning of life?
I don't understand the question. Which meaning of "purpose" do you mean? And which meaning of the word "life" do you have in mind? To pick a specific pair of meanings: My goal for my life is to survive as long as I can, learn to understand as much as I can, prepare to help my family, friends, neighbors, ... carbon based life forms, and other sentient beings to survive, understand and flourish no matter what the future brings.
I don't understand the question. Which meaning of "purpose" do you mean? And which meaning of the word "life" do you have in mind? To pick a specific pair of meanings: My goal for my life is to survive as long as I can, learn to understand as much as I can, prepare to help my family, friends, neighbors, ... carbon based life forms, and other sentient beings to survive, understand and flourish no matter what the future brings.
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Tax code as social engineering.
"Off-budget expenditure" would better describe the granting of tax-exempt status. The honest way to achieve the honest objectives of the granting of tax-exempt status would be to appropriate it like any other expenditure.
"Off-budget expenditure" would better describe the granting of tax-exempt status. The honest way to achieve the honest objectives of the granting of tax-exempt status would be to appropriate it like any other expenditure.
Rajan Loknathan
The spread of languages is complex, of course. Although it is not a specific example discussed in this book, "Games of Life: Explorations in Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour" by Karl Sigmund, You will see the parallels.
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