True to its nature, the internet of course has been buzzing with news on Haiti and innovative ways to help. And true to our nature, for most humans outside the decibel of that horrible seismic roar, life goes on as usual without a hint of irony (including thyself). There was this lady, an immigrant from Haiti, who works for different department in the same company as I do. So I went there yesterday to check if her family was in Haiti and everything was okay but only to find out she was laid off late last year (this man made economic quake doesn't kill us but does decimates whatever little happiness we try to hold on to).
The genius of Smith and Hume figured all this out long time ago (good history here):
"If he were to lose his little finger tomorrow, he wouldn't sleep tonight but provided he never saw them, he will snore with the most profound security over the ruin of a hundred millions of his brethren and the destruction of that immense multitude seems plainly an object less interesting to him, than this paltry misfortune of this own." - Adam Smith.
"The Breaking of a mirror gives us more concern when at home, than the burning of a house, when abroad, and some hundred leagues distant." - David Hume.
Tyler Cowen has a few great posts here and here on why Haiti is still so poor.
The genius of Smith and Hume figured all this out long time ago (good history here):
"If he were to lose his little finger tomorrow, he wouldn't sleep tonight but provided he never saw them, he will snore with the most profound security over the ruin of a hundred millions of his brethren and the destruction of that immense multitude seems plainly an object less interesting to him, than this paltry misfortune of this own." - Adam Smith.
"The Breaking of a mirror gives us more concern when at home, than the burning of a house, when abroad, and some hundred leagues distant." - David Hume.
Tyler Cowen has a few great posts here and here on why Haiti is still so poor.
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