conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What could be a title for a story about quot;Provocative&#8230;engaging, [the, Boston with the genre: Business & Money, Economics?
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: A title for this story could be 'The Nature of Economies'
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Give me the first five paragraphs for this story.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: The Nature of Economies
  The pet store in San Francisco was founded by Ansel Robison, who was a cousin of my grandfather; how it started comes from family lore; the bits about its later history are from a conversation in 1958 with the descendant of Ansel who then headed the company.
  Forced birth control in China, mandating one child per couple, is intended to reduce population. It also carries other consequences, such as an imbalance of the sexes owing to preference for sons over daughters and, if it continues, the disappearance of extended families as aunts, uncles, and cousins vanish. Other probably unintended consequences for the society are unforeseeable.
  Similarities of human males and females permit cooperation in many activities, and also permit individuals of one gender to assume responsibilities of the other when necessary—a survival advantage to both individuals and their progeny, unavailable to mammals such as walruses and moose, whose genders lead relatively separate lives, or of course to creatures like spiders, whose males and females differ profoundly from each other.
  Unpredictability implies both welcome and unwelcome surprises. A person's general attitude toward uncertainty probably depends on temperament, upbringing, experience, and external circumstances. It seems that many people—perhaps most—crave predictability: witness the popularity of astrology, omens, prophecies, science fiction, weather almanacs, and economic forecasts. To recoil from the concept that the world unpredictably makes itself up without purpose, plan, or planner puts us in sympathetic touch with ancestors disturbed by tidings that the earth is not flat but round, that it spins unsupported in space, that it is not at the center of the solar system, much less of all the heavens.
  I was shown the Hong Kong jade market and the nearby jade traders by Mel Manchester. We disagree about the age of the traders who were setting global prices. He says they included men of all ages; to me, they all looked surprisingly young.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Give me another paragraph.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: Unpredictability implies both welcome and unwelcome surprises. A person's general attitude toward uncertainty probably depends on temperament, upbringing, experience, and external circumstances. It seems that many people—perhaps most—crave predictability: witness the popularity of astrology, omens, prophecies, science fiction, weather almanacs, and economic forecasts. To recoil from the concept that the world unpredictably makes itself up without purpose, plan, or planner puts us in sympathetic touch with ancestors disturbed by tidings that the earth is not flat but round, that it spins unsupported in space, that it is not at the center of the solar system, much less of all the heavens.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Swap the first and the last sentence.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: To recoil from the concept that the world unpredictably makes itself up without purpose, plan, or planner puts us in sympathetic touch with ancestors disturbed by tidings that the earth is not flat but round, that it spins unsupported in space, that it is not at the center of the solar system, much less of all the heavens. A person's general attitude toward uncertainty probably depends on temperament, upbringing, experience, and external circumstances. It seems that many people—perhaps most—crave predictability: witness the popularity of astrology, omens, prophecies, science fiction, weather almanacs, and economic forecasts.Unpredictability implies both welcome and unwelcome surprises.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Give me the last four paragraphs.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: Similarities of human males and females permit cooperation in many activities, and also permit individuals of one gender to assume responsibilities of the other when necessary—a survival advantage to both individuals and their progeny, unavailable to mammals such as walruses and moose, whose genders lead relatively separate lives, or of course to creatures like spiders, whose males and females differ profoundly from each other.
  Unpredictability implies both welcome and unwelcome surprises. A person's general attitude toward uncertainty probably depends on temperament, upbringing, experience, and external circumstances. It seems that many people—perhaps most—crave predictability: witness the popularity of astrology, omens, prophecies, science fiction, weather almanacs, and economic forecasts. To recoil from the concept that the world unpredictably makes itself up without purpose, plan, or planner puts us in sympathetic touch with ancestors disturbed by tidings that the earth is not flat but round, that it spins unsupported in space, that it is not at the center of the solar system, much less of all the heavens.
  I was shown the Hong Kong jade market and the nearby jade traders by Mel Manchester. We disagree about the age of the traders who were setting global prices. He says they included men of all ages; to me, they all looked surprisingly young.
  I'm grateful to many other relatives, friends, and strangers, who have supplied useful materials, background information, criticism, or other assistance. They include: Sid Adilman, Toshiko Adilman, Max Allen, Richard Anderson, Spencer B. Beebe, Lincoln Bergman, Alan Broadbent, Patricia Broms, Dr. Decker Butzner, John Cleveland, Mary Ann Code, Dr. Ursula Franklin, Dr. Sally Goerner, Dr. Lucia F. Jacobs, Richard C. Keeley, Dr. Marvin Lunenfeld, Mel Manchester, Alana Probst, Mary Rowe, Dr. Stan Rowe, and Jane Zeidler; also my editor and publisher at Modern Library, David Ebershoff; my copy editor, Veronica Windholz; my editor at Random House of Canada, Anne Collins; Ulf Buchholz; and again Edward Jacobs, who compiled the index.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reverse the sentences.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: Stan Rowe, and Jane Zeidler; also my editor and publisher at Modern Library, David Ebershoff; my copy editor, Veronica Windholz; my editor at Random House of Canada, Anne Collins; Ulf Buchholz; and again Edward Jacobs, who compiled the index.. Marvin Lunenfeld, Mel Manchester, Alana Probst, Mary Rowe, Dr. Keeley, Dr. Jacobs, Richard C. Lucia F. Sally Goerner, Dr. Ursula Franklin, Dr. Decker Butzner, John Cleveland, Mary Ann Code, Dr. Beebe, Lincoln Bergman, Alan Broadbent, Patricia Broms, Dr. They include: Sid Adilman, Toshiko Adilman, Max Allen, Richard Anderson, Spencer B.
  I'm grateful to many other relatives, friends, and strangers, who have supplied useful materials, background information, criticism, or other assistance. He says they included men of all ages; to me, they all looked surprisingly young. We disagree about the age of the traders who were setting global prices.
  I was shown the Hong Kong jade market and the nearby jade traders by Mel Manchester. To recoil from the concept that the world unpredictably makes itself up without purpose, plan, or planner puts us in sympathetic touch with ancestors disturbed by tidings that the earth is not flat but round, that it spins unsupported in space, that it is not at the center of the solar system, much less of all the heavens. It seems that many people—perhaps most—crave predictability: witness the popularity of astrology, omens, prophecies, science fiction, weather almanacs, and economic forecasts. A person's general attitude toward uncertainty probably depends on temperament, upbringing, experience, and external circumstances.
  Unpredictability implies both welcome and unwelcome surprises.Similarities of human males and females permit cooperation in many activities, and also permit individuals of one gender to assume responsibilities of the other when necessary—a survival advantage to both individuals and their progeny, unavailable to mammals such as walruses and moose, whose genders lead relatively separate lives, or of course to creatures like spiders, whose males and females differ profoundly from each other