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Evolutionary psychologists have a cynical term for cooperative, procommunity behaviors like buying a Prius or shopping at Whole Foods or carrying a public-radio tote bag: competitive altruism. Cynical, but accurate. As several studies (like this one) have shown, altruistic people achieve higher status, and are much more likely to behave altruistically in situations where their actions are public than when they will go unnoticed. Competitive altruism explains why soldiers jump onto grenades during war (their clans will reap the rewards) and why vain CEOs build hospital wings (they enjoy the social renown that they could never acquire from closing...
...April letter to The Crimson, Mather House resident tutors spoke of the Dean’s tight-lipped nature regarding J-Term planning and her apathy towards their concerns, writing that they were “worried by Dean Hammonds’ refusal to say whether some Houses will be closed over January...
...When asked to clarify the term “reshaping,” Smith repeatedly turns to the Faculty, casting his non-answer as an opportunity for professors—particularly those in the working groups—to propose “innovative” solutions for the remaining $143 million deficit. When asked to explain the growth of the administration in the past few years, Smith reverts to stock optimism: “I’m a very forward-looking person,” he says. When asked to comment on budget plans that could impact...
...Pastor, Deacons, Elders and members while there? Doesn't seem like it would hurt anything but bring more attention to Tiller." - a poster identifying himself as Scott Roeder, at OperationRescue.org, in response to a scheduled vigil to "pray for an end to George R. Tiller's late-term-abortion business...
...Geithner repeats constantly, both in public and in private, that the Obama Administration is committed to returning to fiscal responsibility - pushing deficits down to 3% of GDP - in the "medium term." On his first visit to Beijing, the Treasury Secretary could claim to his Chinese hosts that the necessary precondition for that return to fiscal sanity - a little bit of economic growth - might be on the horizon. Considering where things were the last time he met China's Premier - in October of last year, when the global economy was, as Geithner says now, "falling off a cliff" - that...