Karin Winegar wrote in her book Saved: Rescued Animals and the Lives They Transform - "The human-animal bond bypasses the intellect and goes straight to the heart and emotions and nurtures us in ways that nothing else can..." This bond is so powerful that it can even decimate the power of our selfish genes. There is no way science (at-least in its current state and pace) can explain or quantify these things we do for our dogs. This probably is the only state where that Kantian categorical imperative still flourishes.
"Klein spent the past eight years running the country’s biggest school system. He came to the job as an education outsider, having spent most of his career as a Washington lawyer, including stints at the Department of Justice and in the Clinton White House. He is leaving the schools job to run a new education unit for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., where he will get a nice little bump in pay. Besides the salary increase, Klein acknowledged he left the schools job so he and his wife could spend more time with their beloved dog, Roger."
From the latest episode of Freakonomics Radio (download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed)
"Klein spent the past eight years running the country’s biggest school system. He came to the job as an education outsider, having spent most of his career as a Washington lawyer, including stints at the Department of Justice and in the Clinton White House. He is leaving the schools job to run a new education unit for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., where he will get a nice little bump in pay. Besides the salary increase, Klein acknowledged he left the schools job so he and his wife could spend more time with their beloved dog, Roger."
From the latest episode of Freakonomics Radio (download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed)
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