Greed Isn’t Good: Wealth Can Make People Unethical
As an individual’s wealth and status rise, so does their tendency to be unethical, concludes a new study of the relationship between socioeconomics and ethics. The study included seven different experiments that spanned real-world and laboratory settings, from rude San Francisco drivers to test subjects given a chance to take candy from children. “Occupying privileged…
IBM Busts Record for ‘Superconducting’ Quantum Computer
Today’s quantum computers are no more than experiments. Researchers can string together a handful of quantum bits – seemingly magical bits that store a “1″ and “0″ at the same time – and these ephemeral creations can run relatively simple algorithms. But new research from IBM indicates that far more complex quantum computers aren’t that…
