From: Damien Broderick (thespike@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Feb 12 2003 - 00:27:08 MST
>The very act of choosing, spread
> widely enough and freely enough, creates a power law distribution.
Inequality
> occurs in large and unconstrained social systems for the same reasons
stop-and-go
> traffic occurs on busy roads, not because it is anyone's goal, but because
it is a reliable
> property that emerges from the normal functioning of the system.
This fundamental insight forms the basis of much of Steven Pinker's social
policy ruminations in THE BLANK SLATE.
Damien Broderick
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