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...give one of them grapes, the other guy is all of a sudden not happy anymore. Some explanations of fairness are the golden rule: I treat you well and in a fair manner because that's how I want to be treated, which is a very complex explanation. What we see in monkeys is probably much simpler. It's probably more related to resentment...
...Generosity,” Richard Powers’ stunning new novel, the charming businessman and geneticist Robert Kurton participates in a public debate with an unnamed novelist. The subject: genetic enhancement of human beings. The shy author begins, awkwardly reading from a prewritten speech. But his argument is complex, as Powers writes, “The writer’s thought is so dense that every clause tries to circle back for another try before plunging on.” Even the narration has trouble following the train of thought. Kurton takes stage, joking, “Every divide between...
...years: First-year Harvard graduates are generally ill-equipped to manage the minutiae surrounding oversight of an entire campus’s large-scale social events. From navigating thorny contracts to responsibly allocating a six-figure budget at a notoriously decentralized University, the position’s responsibilities are complex and demanding enough to challenge even a veteran professional event planner...
...past, they have been told simply that certain events must occur each year, left only to devise the frilly details of the gatherings. The iron fist of social programming is entrusted only to recent Harvard undergraduates, as the administration feels that only a former Harvard student could navigate the complex social and administrative bureaucracies on campus. This “Harvard-only” mentality, I should note, was also espoused by Drew Faust’s adversaries in opposition to her presidential bid. (She never received a degree from Harvard and is, by all accounts, doing just fine...
...promised to distribute $100,000 in these awards each year for five-years. We understand that $500,000 is not an especially large sum of money, even within the $25 million in benefits that Harvard will disburse to Allston as part of the Cooperation Agreement for the Harvard Science Complex. However, the money is important in that it demonstrates Harvard’s real interest in fostering community in Allston. The grants are distributed by a team of Allston-Brighton residents, fostering a sense of ownership in the Harvard construction projects that has been absent in the past. The money...