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The notion was growing in the public consciousness, with studies by the RAND Corporation and the Sloan Foundation making similar predictions.
Born to Be Wired
John Malone
The game of Life is best studied using a computer simulation. One important question to ask of any species is: will it become extinct? In terms of Life, is there a way to decide whether the population will increase indefinitely, shrink to nothing, or settle down to some fixed value? The answer is no. There is no general way to decide what will ultimately happen to a population. In other words, Life cannot be decided.
The Little Book of Mathematical Principles, Theories & Things
Robert Solomon
We often struggle in relationships for the same reason we struggle in other areas of life: we become too self-focused. We worry about whether we’re doing it right, whether we’re good at something, whether we’re getting what we want. Like Sterling, or John Marsden, the unhappy lawyer, when we become too self-focused, we can forget about the experiences of others.
The Good Life
Robert J. Waldinger and Marc Schulz Ph.D
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