Moral thinking
Human evolution
Moral thinking
Feb 21st 2008 | BOSTON
From The Economist print edition
Improve your negotiation skills
It seems empathy is not a good thing when it comes to negotiations…
Inside a deal
May 1st 2008
From The Economist print edition
It pays to get inside your opponents’ heads rather than their hearts
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Market boom/bust cycles are men’s fault
…well, actually, it’s the testosterone… from BBC News, and below it, TIME Magazine’s take on it:
Hormones ‘may fuel market crises’
Hormone surges among City traders could be partly responsible for driving “boom and bust” economics, say researchers. Read more »
Ruthlessness gene discovered
Article from Nature:
‘Ruthlessness gene’ discovered
Dictatorial behaviour may be partly genetic, study suggests.
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Listen to music while you work
It is supposed to improve your productivity:
Music Calms the Savage Beast, Makes the Heart Grow Fonder and Increases Worker Productivity
Why We Love
Time magazine article on love and evolution. The part on pheromones may be inaccurate as it mentions women synchronizing their menstrual cylces, and I am pretty sure I’ve read a recent study debunking that. But it seems to be up to date on the MHC detection issue, with the surprising conclusion that our high divorce rate may be affected by women selecting their mates while on birth control pills and realizing their choice is wrong after they get off it (nomally women prefer men with opposite MHC to their own; but while pregnant or on the pill, they prefer like MHC).
And most importantly, the wise advice: do not pick your mate with elevated levels of adrenalin — that seems to make them more appealing than they really are.
Here is the story:
AI - using emotions
A robot that makes decisions based on “emotions” in order to save computation time — hmm, sounds like humans! Reference to the OCC psychological model (198 
that was used to define the emotions in terms of objects, actions and events.
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