But think of the children!
Read this. Really. Go on. Read it now.
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Monkey economics and the Blank Slate
Cut through some of the fluff that surrounds this 20 minute talk, and the core is completely fascinating. Laurie Santos has been experimenting with “monkeynomics”. She has taught a group of monkeys to use money – metal discs – to … Continue reading
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Bonobo intelligence
From TED. Our ancestors must have been very like these creatures. I hadn’t realised how well they can understand full spoken sentences. They have also learned to write in a symbolic script. There is surely a moral duty for us … Continue reading
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Sexy ideas
Matt Ridley’s recent talk at TED: When ideas have sex
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