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Human Knowledge Has Been Changing From The Word Go And People In Certain Respects Behave More Rationally Than They Did When They Didn't Have It. They Spend Less Time Doing Rain Dances And More Time Seeding Clouds.

Anything That Gives Us New Knowledge Gives Us An Opportunity To Be More Rational.

Assuming That A Tax Increase Is Necessary, It Is Clearly Preferable To Impose The Additional Cost On Land By Increasing The Land Tax, Rather Than To Increase The Wage Tax - The Two Alternatives Open To The City (of Pittsburgh). It Is The Use And Occupancy Of Property That Creates The Need For The Municipal Services That Appear As The Largest Item In The Budget - Fire And Police Protection, Waste Removal, And Public Works. The Average Increase In Tax Bills Of City Residents Will Be About Twice As Great With Wage Tax Increase Than With A Land Tax Increase.

Most Of Us Really Aren't Horribly Unique. There Are 6 Billion Of Us. Put 'em All In One Room And Very Few Would Stand Out As Individuals. So Maybe We Ought To Think Of Worth In Terms Of Our Ability To Get Along As A Part Of Nature, Rather Than Being The Lords Over Nature

Solving A Problem Simply Means Representing It So As To Make The Solution Transparent.