Comments on: Georgetown Talk Today http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/10/georgetown-talk-today.html Overcoming Bias is economist Robin Hanson’s blog, on honesty, signaling, disagreement, forecasting, and the far future. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Tim Tyler http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/10/georgetown-talk-today.html#comment-435317 Tim Tyler Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:55:34 +0000 http://www.overcomingbias.com/?p=20203#comment-435317 Someone buy Robin a video camera for Christmas, please. I hate it that the agricultural revolution and industrial revolution are still being referred to as "singularities" - apparently on the grounds that they represent really big changes. That terminology appears to be without support from other historians. It seems like meaningless and pointless mumbo-jumbo to me. I propose dropping it. Surely it is best to call these things "revolutions" instead. That is the conventional term. Someone buy Robin a video camera for Christmas, please.

I hate it that the agricultural revolution and industrial revolution are still being referred to as “singularities” – apparently on the grounds that they represent really big changes.

That terminology appears to be without support from other historians. It seems like meaningless and pointless mumbo-jumbo to me. I propose dropping it. Surely it is best to call these things “revolutions” instead. That is the conventional term.

]]> By: Robin Hanson http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/10/georgetown-talk-today.html#comment-435262 Robin Hanson Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:42:40 +0000 http://www.overcomingbias.com/?p=20203#comment-435262 I just added to this post, with links to slides n audio. I just added to this post, with links to slides n audio.

]]> By: Harry Warren http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/10/georgetown-talk-today.html#comment-435230 Harry Warren Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:43:25 +0000 http://www.overcomingbias.com/?p=20203#comment-435230 I second Robert's request. In the future it would be good to post notices of public lectures with a longer lead time. This is my favorite question . . . . To me, the history of economic growth doesn't seem that long relative to all of human history! I second Robert’s request. In the future it would be good to post notices of public lectures with a longer lead time. This is my favorite question . . . . To me, the history of economic growth doesn’t seem that long relative to all of human history!

]]> By: Robert Wiblin http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/10/georgetown-talk-today.html#comment-435229 Robert Wiblin Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:10:18 +0000 http://www.overcomingbias.com/?p=20203#comment-435229 Can you stick an MP3 up online? Thanks, Can you stick an MP3 up online?

Thanks,

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