[ExI] Robin in the Chronicle of Higher Education

[William Flynn Wallace]

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.  anders

It reminds me of the metaphor about the knight riding out of the castle and
going in 17 different directions at once.  Clearly in the genius league, he
seems interested in everything but quick to abandon it and go to something
else - lack of focus, that is.  Yet, I think we should fund people like
this and not count their class numbers or publications.  Just give them
time to think.

bullshit computation:  number of different areas in which publication has
been done by a person, divided by number of publications, the smaller the
better

For us at lower levels of economics, I really enjoyed Thaler's book
Misbehaving, about displacing the rational model the economics has held for
so long.  Behavioral economics - the time is right.  This guy is a pioneer
who worked with Kahneman and Tversky.  A likely Nobel candidate.  Same who
did Nudge.

bill w

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Anders <anders at aleph.se> wrote:

> 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
>
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