We prove an Ω(n2) lower bound on the query complexity of local proportionality in Robertson-Webb cake-cutting model. Local requires that each agent prefer their allocation to average neighbors' allocations some undirected social network. It is a weaker fairness notion than envy-freeness, which also has Ω(n2), and generally incomparable proportionality, Θ(nlog⁡n). This result separates from ordi...

The goddess of health, Hygieia, was much venerated, understandably, in the ancient Greek world; her numerous statues usually represented her holding a serpent. Hygieia's father was Aesculapius, the god of medicine, who developed his clinical skills as physician to the Argonauts and made use of herbs in treatment; the serpent and the cock were considered sacred to him. So the Greeks, when wantin...

Few biases in human judgment are easier to demonstrate than self-righteousness: the tendency to believe one is more moral than others. Existing research, however, has overlooked an important ambiguity in evaluations of one's own and others' moral behavior that could lead to an overly simplistic characterization of self-righteousness. In particular, moral behavior spans a broad spectrum ranging ...

Labels of Identity— Race, Ethnicity and Culture One of the great challenges in modern medicine is creating effective therapeutic relationships in an era of ever-increasing cultural diversity. Our hospitals and communities have become global villages where, daily, many languages, cultures, and customs intersect, clash, merge, and evolve. Yet in spite of this spiraling complexity, health caregive...