Re: [GKD] Training Y2K Specialists

1999-02-14 Thread Thomas Lunde
Dear Sam: Thanks for the reply and websites. You will excuse my confusion in that when I went to these various addresses, I did not see even one request for an employee. In fact the only place there might have been some gold was at Y2K jobs and there was a place for employers to list jobs at

Fw: Krugman and the Austrians (round two)

1999-02-14 Thread Ed Weick
I'm sending this again. Not sure it made it to the list first time. If it did, please ignore. Ed Weick From time to time, some members of this list have voiced a grievance against Paul Krugman, theMIT economist because he has appeared to dismiss the Austrians, proponents of one of the

Re: an empirical observation Re: the end of 'wage slavery'

1999-02-14 Thread Durant
Guess what, science was also done by h u m a n s and at least as long ago as god. The human brain evolved to make patterns, to generalise, to abstract, to imagine, etc, as planning/picturing for the future proved to be an asset. When there was not enough data, god and superstition filled

Re: an empirical observation Re: the end of 'wage slavery'

1999-02-14 Thread Ed Weick
Eva: I very much agree with what you've written. In any generation, knowledge can only extend so far. Beyond that there is uncertainty and speculation and, yes, the invention of gods. Religion is a way of organizing uncertainty, and it can vary from the loony to the profound. Keep up the good