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Wo'O IdeaFarm is a 70 year old economist (Ph.D. Lite, University of Chicago, A.M., University of Chicago, B.A. magna cum laude, UCLA).
While in residence at the University of Chicago, he was certified as an expert in three fields within economics. He was certified as an expert in these fields:
He was able to study at the University of Chicago because the Department of Economics gave him a full scholarship as well as a stipend. His studies at the University of Chicago were funded by a full Hillman Scholarship, augmented by a Sloan Fellowship grant administered by Sloan Fellow and Nobel laureate Gary Becker, known for his work on the economic analysis of race and crime and of marriage and family. Mr. Ideafarm was also nominated by the Department of Economics for the university-wide Danforth fellowship.
His Ph.D. dissertation research was in the field of mathematical economic theory. The title of the research paper was, "Price Determination in an Overlapping Generations Example Economy with Producible and Nonproducible Capital". This paper attacked conventional Monetarist analysis by applying a generalization of the Capital Asset Pricing Model to argue that Monetarist analysis is illogical. In his dissertation, he also introduced the methodological idea, "what might be true is sometimes more important than what is true", to argue that scientific theory must be logical as well as consistent with observed facts.
From his time in residence at the University of Chicago to the present, his research interests have focused on gender, gender roles, morality, and how wisdom regarding these topics enables humans to win at the game of life. His research interests have focused on the nature and evolution of gender and of gender roles, as well as the nature and evolution of morality, and the connection of both gender and morality to an understanding of how human coalitions can form and avoid the "free rider problem"\ . More recently, about twenty years ago, he realized that if the human brain is a "wet computer" pattern recognizer, rather than a rational self interest calculator, then that might be how Mother Nature solved the game theoretic "free rider" problem to make human coalitions effective in evolutionary competition.
Wo'O IdeaFarm's objective in seeking students is to profess the ideas that young people need to hear but are maliciously not being told. Conventional institutions of education have become anything but, as faculties in those so-called universities have been transformed in their mission from teaching students how to think to teaching them what to think. In other words, legacy "educational" institutions have become propoganda ministries controlled by donors and faculties, pursuing agendas that have nothing to do with empowering students by developing their intellectual abilities. Students, listen up! University faculties, and the donors who control them, are not your friends! Caveat emptor!
Anywo can read and independently study the ideas presented on IDEAFARM.COM, which comprise the material that is the focus of the classroom experience. But attempting to master that material alone and without the guidance of a teacher will be unnecessarily difficult for some and impossible for most. By mastering the ideas presented on IDEAFARM.COM, you will become able to understand your world in a whole new way that draws from re cultural fonts of wisdom:
But the most effective and enjoyable way to master the ideas on IDEAFARM.COM is to discuss them with your friends, register as a student, and study seriously to earn your Certificate of Mastery.