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What or who is a Human? This has been debated, analyzed, theorized and cross disciplinarily dwelled on for as long as the self aware consciousness of the human apes was spurred to do so by its innate curiosity. I shall provide an answer, as short and concise as possible. Humans are information stored, processed, altered, input and output. DNA - the very blueprint for a human - is information - altered and adjusted through the evolutionary process. However as clearly shown through amputation, genetic engineering, artificial organ and limb transplantation: DNA as a blue print can be fundamentally altered but it doesn’t fundamentally change the human being within - only marginally. The brain itself can be chemically forced into altered states - literally altered chemically and physically - but information lost or damaged, can be re-learned or re-acquired - thus the physicality of the brain is irrelevant to defining the human identity as well. Multiple recent studies, especially ones that ...

I believe the current economic models do not sufficiently stress the importance of human psychology and the resultant group behavior in economic modeling.  Here is how I view human economic activity as analyzed from the perspective of the smallest unit of any economy - a single human being: There are four psychological postures that humans exhibit in order to acquire goods and services: Predator Scavenger Producer Parasite Those four psychological postures are generally not taken into account in economic modeling. I believe that depending on which psychological postures predominate within various societal groups - correspondingly different macroeconomic trends are exhibited within the state. During the past two decades the American social discourse overwhelmingly favored and rewarded predatory and parasitic dispositions while the state has taxed the producers (the working, tax paying middle class) to a point where no economic gain was achieved by the very part of soc...

Since the Nobles are being given out this week, I’ll do things a little simpler this time around and share my noble idea right away as opposed to after dressing it up with the nice graphics I had planned. My main idea is this: combine solar, wind and hydro power on community level to provide renewable energy. In simple terms it goes like this: In a closed smart grid of ANY size: 1.) wind power provides energy at all times but not all the time - hence power storage makes it much more efficient 2.) solar power provides energy during daylight 3.) hydro power provides energy whenever needed - especially if the fluid is in an artificial container. 4.) smart grid with a command control system determines the energy redistribution in the grid and excess power is used to pump fluid back up into the CLOSED hydro generator serving as a potential energy storage device (i.e. stores extra energy generated by wind and solar). 5.) when peek demand exceeds the current power level g...