From fork-admin@xent.com Fri Sep 6 18:24:16 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45BAE16F1A for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:23:48 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 06 Sep 2002 18:23:48 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g86G14C13913 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 17:01:05 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9ACF2940B7; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 08:58:02 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@example.com Received: from hotmail.com (f66.law15.hotmail.com [64.4.23.66]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEB102940AE for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 08:57:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 09:00:35 -0700 Received: from 216.30.74.2 by lw15fd.law15.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 06 Sep 2002 16:00:34 GMT X-Originating-Ip: [216.30.74.2] From: "Russell Turpin" To: fork@example.com Subject: Re: Selling Wedded Bliss (was Re: Ouch...) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-Id: X-Originalarrivaltime: 06 Sep 2002 16:00:35.0000 (UTC) FILETIME=[88F99380:01C255BE] Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@example.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 16:00:34 +0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.7 required=7.0 tests=AWL,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST,SPAM_PHRASE_01_02 version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: Turpin: >>Do we have any statistics on the poor man's divorce from centuries past? Eugen Leitl: >That's easy. Divorce didn't happen. You seem not to know what a "poor man's divorce" is. It is an old term, from the time when divorce was difficult, but walking was easy, and identity was not so locked down as it is today. Not every widow had a dead husband. >I'm seeing lack of innovation .. That doesn't tell us anything except what is happening in Eugen Leitl's life. The more common observation is that the rate of change is increasing. Do you have any data that might persuade us that what you see is more telling than what others see? >gerontocracy favors gerontocracy. I would have thought that gerontocracy favors biotech research and plenty of young workers to pay taxes. Note that the fertility rate doesn't result from decisions made by the old, but by the young. If we want more kids, we have to convince people who are in their twenties to become parents. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com