‘..The law of time preference is just another way of expressing the following essential principle: any actor, in the course of his action, tries to achieve the results of the action as soon as possible, and he is separated from his ends by a series of intermediate stages involving a certain time period. Hence time …
There was this little box, which appeared and than disappeared. This happened a couple of times every day. ‘Cyc, what’s up with that little box?’ ‘Calibrating time Sir.’ ‘What?’ Cyc; ‘Sir, it’s a time probe. It just needs to get a good fix on our ‘present’ time.’ Mmm. ‘Where is it now?’ Cyc; ‘Two years …
‘..Western psychology often focuses on the individual person as a single, separate, extrinsically existing entity in relation to others. Transpersonal psychology challenges this assumption, effectively returning to psychology’s original meaning as the study (or revealing) of soul or spirit.’ – PSYC-8009 Transpersonal Foundations of Psychology ‘..it’s this—children are natural—many children have this capacity to be …
‘The first four years of a child’s life is a crucial time when most infants develop empathy for other human beings, she says, adding that the lack of empathy and concern for the pain that terrorists cause to others is “almost worse than the terrorist attacks themselves.” .. ..Kobrin says little has been done to …
‘Yes this bond bull will end. But when? .. [Lacy Hunt] replied “a little over 20 years”.‘ – ‘..Long Bond..’, April 12, 2018 ‘While many believe that surging debt will boost economic growth, the law of diminishing returns indicates that extreme indebtedness will impede economic growth and ultimately result in economic decline.‘ – Lacy H. …
‘It’s the story of everyday life in the world of Haute Finance. Giant Ponzi schemes are being built on a narrow base of real money, and huge sums of borrowed money. The inherent instability of these schemes means that the threat of financial meltdown is comparable to the threat posed by the melting Arctic.’ – …
‘A decade ago, whenever I chatted to anyone at Switzerland’s Bank for International Settlements, I felt like I was hobnobbing with dissidents .. Earlier this month I travelled to Washington for an International Monetary Fund and World Bank meeting. There was a cheery mood in the air, just as there was in 2006… But now, …
‘A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.’ – Thomas Babington Macaulay, Milton ‘..I tried to be the best leader I could—to empower people and be sensitive to their needs and issues, to develop myself, to be a more conscious “servant leader”—yet despite my best efforts, I kept running into an invisible barrier. The …
In this world we’re just beginning To understand the miracle of living Baby, I was afraid before But I’m not afraid anymore Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is a Place on Earth Cyc, could you run some simulation concerning the atom lasers? Cyc; ‘Yes Sir.’ ‘Alright, now, lets see: one plastic duck, one chocolate bar, one …
“In Buddhism they have a phrase that I read to my students almost every class. ‘The thought manifests the word. The word manifests the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care and let it be born out of love and respect …