On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Tim May wrote:
> But, the issues is really about the "allocation of scarce resources," Econ 1.
That's only one aspect of it.
> Which reading list approach is more efficient:
>
> * Tim's reading list: A dozen or so readable books which members of
> the list really should be familiar with. To wit, Vinge, Card,
> Friedman, Stephenson, some Rand, some Heinlein, maybe some special
> interest excursions into Axelrod, Hofstadter, etc.
Lot of hand waving, for example Vinge doesn't support anarchy. So using
him to justify it is a tad silly. In addition almost all of these books
talk about it in the past tense, in other words it's already done. None of
them talk about HOW. Major problem with this 'reading list', short on
proof and process.
It's sort of like being a Catholic.
> * Faustine's reading list: Samuelson's textbook for econ majors,
> similar textbooks in physics and math, presumably. (Faustine's
> arguments apply to other fields: before mentioning the physics of
> chips, for example, and what this may mean for cryptography, read
> Sze's "Physics of Semiconductor Devices" and be sure to worth through
> the problems. After all, being able to calculate band-bending in an
> arsenic-doped substrate is crucial for discussing trends in computer
> technology!)
At least with this one you can model the theories and determine
efficiencies and can talk about them in a comparative sense, something you
can't do with 'AP religion'.
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