Cooperating Species https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr17_Post.mp4 A fascinating subject in science is co-evolution. It’s when two completely unrelated species develop a kind of mutually beneficial, overlapping selfishness. The most common example is bees and flowers. Once upon a time (metaphorically) there were tons of different kinds of bees and tons of different kinds of flowers. […]
Grilled Cheese Lovers
Hippie Next Door Once there was a woman. She was a strange woman. Nobody really knew her. Nobody really knew about her. Where she came from. What her background was. Only that she seemed to be a hippie. Flower Lady https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov21Loop.mp4 Always talking about flowers. Always wearing […]
Interdependent Co-Evolved Instincts
Cute Babies I read a recent article in a science magazine that suggested that the instinct to pick up and protect a cute baby is an evolutionarily beneficial instinct. If you can imagine two different tribes of people, one tribe that had the protect the cute baby instinct and another try that had the […]
Jungle Rats
Cherry Blossom Season In Japan every spring they have a cherry blossom viewing event. They can’t usually predict when it’s going to happen. The feeling in Japan is very comparable to what it’s like on July 4 in the states. People go to the park to have a barbecue, they watch the cherry blossoms […]
Overlapping Selfishness
Basic Economics Recently I read this interesting book on economics. It talked about the basics of trade and said that nobody will trade anything with anybody else unless they want what the other person has more than what they have. If both people feel this way there will be a voluntary trade that will […]