[extropy-chat] Re: what to do (Robin Hanson)

[Giu1i0 Pri5c0]

Hansonomics?

On 6/12/05, mike99 <mike99 at lascruces.com> wrote:
> Robin,
> My first thought had been to offer you a rank-ordering of your potential
> projects according to my own interest in them. But I decided that such an
> offering was not worth much.
> 
> So I recommend that you take Giulio's suggestion:
> 
> "...perhaps the best choice is 5. No subject book -
> just start writing and see what the book turns out to be about. In the
> no subject book you could touch all these things, and separate
> chapters can later spawn new books."
> 
> 
> I like this idea because, at the worst, you will have several chapters on
> disparate topics that could serve as beginning drafts for several books. At
> best, you may have something not unlike the current best-seller by Steven
> Levy FREAKONOMICS, which I'm finding quite fascinating.
> 
> Best wishes on whatever you decide to do.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Michael LaTorra