It is well-known that Americans revere the three legal documents on which their country was founded – the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and
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Happiness is not the Same as Utility: Maximizing One’s Utility is not the Best Model
In several other essays, I have severely criticized the founding of what is erroneously called the Nobel Economics Prize, since Alfred Nobel never founded a
Why Should the First Person to Do Something Matter? How New Media Influence Our Idea of Celebrity and the Things We Want to Do
Contrary to what many people believe, it is not true that all people, in all times and places, have wanted to be famous. The desire
Television is a Brain-Control Device: The Buddha was Right about Human Desire
Ever since it was invented, televisions have rapidly multiplied and spread over the Earth, entering into more and more human habitations, wherever there is electricity
