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Thu Jun 19 01:57:28 UTC 2014 <decimation> what I would like an "economist" to explain to me is why we subject science and engineering to such high competition but professions like collecting welfare, teaching k-12, gov't employee, etc are subject to no pressure whatsoever
Thu Jun 19 01:51:50 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> 'One of various ways of organizing work that economists have identified, a tournament market "offers participants the chance of winning a big prize--an independent research career, tenure, a named chair, scientific renown, awards--through competition," writes Richard Freeman and co-authors. Tournament markets amplify "small differences in productivity into large differences in recognition and reward," Freeman an
Thu Jun 19 01:35:44 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> In about 12 hours I have an interview for a job in the bezzel economy, so pumped
Tue Jun 17 03:30:06 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> yes but economy has the same age old problem : it's real. once i know that ivy league predicts non-competence im not hiring them anymore.
Tue Jun 17 01:41:45 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> economy is still a zero sum game, and you don't actually have political directionality.
Tue Jun 17 01:39:05 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> no, it's actually how economics work in practice.
Tue Jun 17 01:38:34 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> kinda how economics work.
Mon Jun 16 19:16:55 UTC 2014 <kakobrekla> economically its better for them to simulate the subparness than to ship
Mon Jun 16 14:15:46 UTC 2014 <davout> it's economics
Fri Jun 13 21:42:30 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> mdev: Bitcoin is too valuable for ghash.io to do serious damage at 51% plus so long as miners are economically motivated...
Fri Jun 13 14:34:13 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> "I have a steakhouse dinner tonight in honor of Eric Cantor with some business economists;"
Fri Jun 13 13:11:04 UTC 2014 <davout> to me it sounds retarded to confiscate such an amount on a suspicion, especially when the suspected attacker has no economic incentive to be attacking in the first place
Fri Jun 13 13:00:40 UTC 2014 <*> nubbins` ponders economy of scale
Fri Jun 13 04:28:29 UTC 2014 <decimation> That I am unable to destroy the economics establishment, the press."
Fri Jun 13 03:23:09 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> ".I want to see a future digital economy in which nobody is excluded from participation." "No third party should have the ability to interfere in the voluntary dealings of other people." << do you see these as logically equivalent ?
Wed Jun 11 22:23:52 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> the only reason "renewables" seem economical atm is because govt picks up 80% of the tab.
Wed Jun 11 21:30:01 UTC 2014 <benkay> why economics over thermodynamics?
Wed Jun 11 21:29:45 UTC 2014 <benkay> politics or economics.
Wed Jun 11 21:24:21 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> so it was economical
Wed Jun 11 21:22:50 UTC 2014 <benkay> sounds like less of an economic pressure and more of an environmental pressure. new predators in the environment.