>Many NP problems correspond to some of the most stubborn and urgent problems society faces.
No, society's biggest problem is how we are going to get along with each other. Let's keep things in proportion here, silly computer scientists.
More than for CEOs, we need this to be applied to politician's speech! (Although where will we find the honest ones to calibrate the system with?)
Isn't it more likely to be an epigenetic change, rather than a genetic one? That's a simpler explanation for how it happened so fast.
Once we determine that, then we can search more effectively for the cause.
>"But I seem to encounter it more often. I think there's a general trend where people can't share, can't muster minimal empathy needed for a functioning society, etc."
This is to be expected in nations/cultures that have embraced moral relativism, and eschewed any sense of common morality. These are the people who tell everyone that "they can figure out right from wrong just fine on their own thank you very much." Well, your observation is the evidence that they're not producing a very workable society as a result.
The disappearance of "should" statements in recent times corresponds with other research that found moral language use in decline. (Dangit, cannot find that link now.)
And this research found similar results to the OP article:
https://phys.org/news/2016-11-...
The article says they examined texts in English, German and Spanish. That would exclude depressing places like the USSR.
You've nailed something there. Most of people's happiness comes from family/friends/significant others, and it's our most intimate relationships that have suffered due to the sexual revolution, divorce, etc. You now have no ability to count on your most significant relationship continuing even into next week. They can just up and leave at any moment and you can't do anything about it. That kind of instability at the core of life makes a satisfying life extremely difficult to find.
But enjoy your internet, 4K OLED TV and smart phone, 'cause you can have those all day long. Yeah, nothing to be depressed about theses days!
It's generally not possible to factor in the cost that would have been incurred _finding_ a particular bug. And because that can't be done, it's not possible to quantify how much more expensive it was to fix it later rather than earlier.
>" Imagine...Super Bowl ads promoting procreation."
I thought we already had those.
Namely, that there is a single gene for anything. Fact is that even characteristics like eye color are actually influenced subtly by many genes, not a single gene. But this false assumption has been around for so long, that I figure it will take a generation for people to get past it.
> that it happens primarily when the kids are in groups and no adults are nearby.
They had to develop a statistical model to figure that out???
Maybe now we will see some prioritization on security over new-and-stupid features! But probably not...
>A victim who asked to be identified only as Robert
Real name: Richard
We can hear the booms, and we're 115 or so miles to the north of the center of the corridor. They rattle our windows. This will be something to look forward to...
(I hadn't heard a sonic boom since the 1960's...)
The Tao is like a glob pattern: used but never used up. It is like the extern void: filled with infinite possibilities.
