Hacker News on 5 October 2008

• Edward O. Wilson: Marx was right, he had the wrong species
• The Elite Newspaper of the Future
• Suppose I wanted to write a C++ based web application...
• Are these founders trying to screw me?
• Why do we splurge on games of chance and rack up credit bills? A neuroeconomist explains.
• First recorded usage of “Hacker” from MIT paper in 1963
• How to improve your self-control
• The hiring process to become an Apple Store "Genius"
• Getting Paid to Abandon an Open Source Project?
• Bank Loans Have Not 'Dried Up'