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Wednesday, March 28 2007

by David Robinson last modified Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Conspicuous virtue offers a way to feel OK about consumerism. Play solitaire, cure cancer: "distributed computing" advances medical science. Economics starts with common sense, consistently applied. The secret of Charles Koch's success: "Market-based management"? Government funds for thinking computers were shot down in 2005. Is HAL back on track?

Conspicuous virtue offers a way to feel OK about consumerism. . .

Play solitaire, cure cancer: "distributed computing" advances medical science. . .

Economics starts with common sense, consistently applied. . .

The secret of Charles Koch's success: "Market-based management"?

Government funds for thinking computers were shot down in 2005. Is HAL back on track?

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