So Long and Thanks...

Does anyone reading this not get the subject reference?

John Quiggin had an blog entry on whaling, which has re-sparked my animal cognition side. In particular, wikipedia [Cetacean intelligence] led me to
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,989714,00.html
a 2003 Guardian article discussing a bunch of complex dolphin behavior I hadn't known all of. Tearing litter into pieces to get more rewards; fishing for gulls; stunning fish with tail slaps; tool use (besides the gull-fishing), e.g. poking at moray eels with scorpions and using sponges to protect their snouts when they nose into the seabed; pair and supergang social behaviors.

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Liberal markets vs. various oligarchies

David Brin may be bombastic, but I think he's right, at least here.
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2006/06/allocation-vs-markets-ancient-struggle.html

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