How Not to Help Somalia
Apr 26Good sense from Jesse Walker on Somali piracy. (Conical hat tip to Sheldon Richman.) Also, don’t forget Ben Powell’s piece on Somalia.
Why We Fight (the Power)
Apr 26The Stanford prison experiment shows that if you give average people power over others, an alarmingly high percentage will abuse that power. The Milgram experiment shows that if average people are commanded by a perceived authority to commit atrocities, an alarmingly high percentage will obey. On a cheerier note, Axelrod’s data show that average people, [...]
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