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Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 3:54 PM<br>Subject: Synthesis - The Emergence of Niceness<br>To: Michel Bauwens &lt;<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>&gt;<br><br><br>

        
    
        

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        <font color="#0000cd" face="georgia, times, times new roman, serif" size="5"><b>The Emergence of Niceness</b></font></div>
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        <span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><i><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:-webkit-auto">&quot;</span></i></span><i style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia,&#39;times new roman&#39;,verdana;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:-webkit-auto">The body of economic literature will have to change, suggests new research. �In their computer simulations of human evolution, scientists at ETH Zurich find the emergence of the �homo socialis� with �other-regarding� preferences. �The results explain some intriguing findings in experimental economics and they call for a new economic theory of �networked minds�.</i><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><i><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:-webkit-auto">&quot;</span></i></span><br>

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        <font face="times new roman, times, baskerville, georgia, serif">In this guest blog article, we take a look at some fascinating research conducted at ETH Zurich by�</font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia,&#39;times new roman&#39;,verdana;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:-webkit-auto">Thomas Grund, Christian Waloszek, and Dirk Helbing. �I have called the article &quot;The Emergence of Niceness&quot; because this is essentially what their computer models have illustrated. �The implications are significant e.g. economists will have to re-think their traditional assumption of selfishness and also how they think about rationality.�</span></div>

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