Blogs about: Robin Hanson
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Health care reform
I like this post by Megan McArdle. I agree with many of her philosophical principles, and think it’s a good idea for us to figure out what our principles are, before arguing about health care p… more →
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The Future of Futarchy
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wrote 1 day ago: I’ve been meaning to write this post for quite some time. While it is an interesting concept, … more →
Anything (that confirms our notion of people as good) Goes
wrote 1 week ago: Robin Hanson at Overcoming Bias on the movie, Up in the Air: “Apparently we are ok with firing … more →
I, Me, Mine, I Me, Mine, I Me, Mine
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wrote 1 month ago: Bryan Caplan: One of the most engaging after-lunch conversations of my life was when Robin Hanson sa … more →
Tort Law and Insurance
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wrote 2 months ago: One of the things that I love about being an economics student here at GMU is that your professors w … more →
Property Rights, Asteroids and Sunlight
wrote 2 months ago: For Robin Hanson’s Law and Economics class we had to write a paper assigning property rights t … more →
Concept Traps
wrote 2 months ago: I prefer not to repost what other people write, but my Law and Economics Professor, Dr. Robin Hanson … more →
'War Is Peace'
wrote 2 months ago: Robin Hanson at Overcoming Bias makes some interesting observations: War isn’t always bad; sometimes … more →
Robin Hanson, "Signalling" (MP3 audio), Econtalk, 2008/05/26
wrote 3 months ago: Human beings send signals with our consumer behaviour. Robin Hanson of George Mason University talks … more →
Nobody Cares About The Losers
wrote 3 months ago: Robin Hanson notes that as sensitized as we are to various marginalized groups there are other categ … more →
On Failing To Grasp How Competition Can Be Cooperative And How Cooperation Can Be Counter-Productive
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wrote 3 months ago: Robin Hanson responds to work such as Frans de Waal’s which emphasizes the invaluable role tha … more →
Health care reform
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wrote 3 months ago: I like this post by Megan McArdle. I agree with many of her philosophical principles, and think it … more →
Identity
wrote 5 months ago: This is a great post (link). I highly recommend reading the whole thing. Here’s a clip: … more →
Some good reads
wrote 6 months ago: Here are a few things that I enjoyed reading, but haven’t found the time to write about. Athei … more →
Why do commencement speakers lie so much?
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wrote 6 months ago: So asks Robin Hanson at Overcoming Bias, a blog I like reading because it presents a smart, well-tho … more →
Let's Try Everything - Local Autonomy And Innovation In Government
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wrote 6 months ago: Here at Let A Thousand Nations Bloom, we have a different way of thinking about politics which we be … more →
Is Obama Making Americans More Conservative?
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wrote 6 months ago: Via Robin Hanson, it appears that over the last year public opinion has moved right on a number of h … more →
The Link Archipelago
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wrote 8 months ago: Robin Hanson asks: What institutions are especially good as meta-institutions? What institutions sh … more →
Parenting advice
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wrote 9 months ago: I think it is important to expose kids to a lot of different ideas. If you are Christian, you shoul … more →
Voting for rulers
wrote 9 months ago: Charles Bukowski wrote a great short story explaining why he doesn’t write about politics. I … more →
