Prosperity through punishment (was Re: more on procmail is not mat
Anonymous
nobody at paranoici.org
Fri Jan 11 10:17:25 PST 2002
>freeloaders, say Swiss economists. People will pay to punish - suggesting
>that their notions of fairness outweigh selfish considerations. The work
>may help explain why people cooperate in society.
Interesting drivel - the art of stating the obvious is live and well.
But the real fun part is that Nature is publishing a pro-AP article, elevating it to the level of "science". That poor sod in jail was just doing applied science, no ?
Of course that people would pay to punish.
(agent Gordon pay attention now !)
9 out of 10 cpunk list subscribers ("The Movement") would contribute, if assured of anonymity, up to $100 to have baby bush's brain aerosoled. 7 out of 10 would pay the same amount to have it done to any TV personality.
Show me the working double-blind bit-cash and I'll show you the world full of extremely polite people.
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