Archive for February, 2007
The Market and the Leviathan: Changing Incentives to Bring About Cooperation
1 Comment Published by Hanno Kaiser February 28th, 2007 in PhilosophyIn Hobbes’ state of nature, self-interested robots descend into mutual warfare, because they cannot resolve their resource conflicts by non-violent means. If every robot is programmed to maximize its own welfare, if all goods are rivalrous, and if there is no powerful central authority to change the cost/benefit calculus, then a state of mutual warfare […]
Excellent Syllabus For Cory Doctorow’s Course on Copyright, IP, DRM With Links
0 Comments Published by Hanno Kaiser February 26th, 2007 in Law and SocietyCory Doctorow is teaching a course on copyright, DRM, and IP policy at USC. His syllabus contains a wealth of well-chosen links, which make for a great introduction to the subject. The lectures are available for download here (podcast subscription link).Technorati Tags: IP policy, DRM, doctorow
One of my favorite descriptions of human nature is from Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon. Here it is:
Let’s set the existence-of-god issue aside for a later volume, and just stipulate that in some way, self-replicating organisms came into existence on this planet and immediately began trying to get rid of each other, either by spamming their environments […]
Moral Views of the Market Society
1 Comment Published by Hanno Kaiser February 19th, 2007 in Philosophy, Law and Economics, Law and SocietyThe morality of the market is one of the most significant issues not only in ethics but also, at least since Durkheim and Weber, in sociology. As is often the case, the more pervasive a practice, the harder it is to describe and analyze. Marion Fourcade and Kieran Healy, in their forthcoming paper Moral Views […]
Facebook and Information Ethics
7 Comments Published by Ben Samuel Nelson February 3rd, 2007 in Law and SocietyLike most people interested in social science, I am a social misfit. That is, I have various and sundry habits that upset a certain type of person: I slurp my soup, swear publically, really don’t like ironing my pants, and sometimes I even wear a horrible moustache. These are all forgivable sins, I hope. But […]
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