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Both treat human capabilities and preferences as a given, which they are not; both treat the non-human world as an infinite, passive, indefinitely maleable grab-bag from which we can take anything we want, which it is not; both are cavalier about the evidence on how people actually behave, gathered in economic psychology, behavioural economics, and increasingly neuroeconomics – but Austrian economics actually boasts about this.

Essential Weekend Viewing: Kim Stanley Robinson at Duke, 1.29.10 « Gerry Canavan 2010

A = compliant/maleable and of course there is a small percentage who start off bloody minded!

Sit still and stop exhibiting flashes of genius, kid. 2009

The system persists thereafter, until someone gets the backbone to challenge it and the system chooses people who are maleable enough to turn into ‘box ticking idiots’ because of the inherent sycophancy it develops.

What Really Matters At The Top « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

The reality he creates is not concrete, but is a maleable substance.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » How creative do your superpowers need to be? 2010

Yet it is the kind of thing that goes on in Portland (and elsewhere, I guess) ad nauseum to justify keeping maleable, less independent, types on the bench.

Feelings, nothing more than feelings (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

The mind is incredibly maleable and this talk of “pathways” is hoccus poccus at best.

inkblurt · Why We Just Don’t Get It 2009

They could pull the plug that fast, especially now with government shrunk small and maleable enough to drown in a bath tub.

Your Right Hand Thief 2008

Make it from the only metal maleable enough for a politician -- Lead!

Give Hillary a Medal 2008

Curious how maleable this 'experience and judgement about foreign policy' thing is when you look at it closely.

Obama Keeps Hitting Hillary, Suggests Her Approach Is "Bush-Cheney Lite" 2009

The theory is so wonderfully maleable that it works the other way too ... if she's ever complimented by a rightie, then THAT'S proof that they want her to get the nomination.

White House Attacks Hillary Campaign 2009