[ExI] Robin in the Chronicle of Higher Education

[Anders]

Is this economist too far ahead of his time?
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Is-This-Economist-Too-Far/238050
I think we might have a slightly different response from most.

I quite like the article, because it points at the wider intellectual 
meta-issues. Far too many journalists just get obsessed with the ems. 
How to do interdisciplinary, groundbreaking or just maximally useful 
research is an interesting challenge.

(Incidentally, I like how Robin's em cities show up quietly in 
Rajaniemi's "His master's voice": 
http://redstonesciencefiction.com/2010/09/his-masters-voice/ )

-- 
Dr Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University