Edge never fails to disappoint.
http://edge.org/conversation/infinite-stupidity-edge-conversation-with-mark-pagel
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"It’s cheap to maintain Lies and expensive to maintain Trvth."
--KZK's Maxim
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"Prone to fads" defines every urbanized civilization I've ever heard of, and
tribal societies are less given to innovation that he thinks, because the
traditional lore is a store of highly specialized local knowledge about
conditions whose changes are well understood. Even the odd once-in-a-lif
Unbelievably pathetic. thx
From: KZK
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Sat, December 17, 2011 4:54:29 AM
Subject: Brin: Infinite Stupidity
Edge never fails to disappoint.
http://edge.org/conversation/infinite-stupidity-edge-conversation-with-mark-pagel
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"It’
Alas, Pagel spins a just-so story that is conveniently and charmingly free of
reference to historical facts. For example, he ignores the fact that innovation
sped up, intensely and supra-liearly, as the number of individuals in a society
increased. Agrarian clans and then kingdoms allocated surp
